The meaning of COCHLEARIFORM PROCESS is the thin plate of bone between the eustachian tube and the canal for the muscle that adjusts the tension of the tympanic membrane.
The meaning of PTERYGOID PROCESS is a process extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.
: an irregular downwardly and backwardly directed process of each lateral mass of the ethmoid bone that articulates with the inferior nasal conchae b : a bony upward projection arising from each side of the upper surface of any of the cervical vertebrae numbered three to seven and forming...