the inferior, hook-shaped extremity of the medial plate of the pterygoid process, which serves as a pulley (trochlea) for the tendon of the tensor veli palati muscle. Synonym(s): hamular process of sphenoid bone, hamulus pterygoideus.

What is the Hamular process part of?

The process of the zygomatic bone that forms the anterior boundary of the temporal fossa.

Where is the hamulus found?

Anatomical terms of bone

The pterygoid hamulus is a hook-like process at the lower extremity of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone of the skull.