Functional morphometry of the pterygoid hamulus. A comparative study of modern and medieval populations

Iulian Komarnitki; Hanna Mankowska-Pliszka; Ewa Ungier; Dawid Dziedzic; Michal Grzegorczyk; Agnieszka Tomczyk; Bogdan Ciszek

doi:10.2478/anre-2019-0029

Authors

Iulian Komarnitki Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; Clinical Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Hanna Mankowska-Pliszka Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Ewa Ungier Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Dawid Dziedzic Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Michal Grzegorczyk Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Agnieszka Tomczyk Łódź University of Technology, Faculty of Technical Physics, Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Poland
Bogdan Ciszek Department of Descriptive and Clinical Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2019-0029

Keywords:

pterygoid hamulus, cone-beam computer tomography, archeological material

Abstract

The pterygoid hamulus (PH) is located in the infratemporal fossa and is part of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. Its location on the cranial base and the multitude of anatomical structures whose attachments lie on the surface of the pterygoid hamulus make it of high functional and topographic significance. Due to insufficient literature on the PH morphometry, we decided to study this issue using modern and archaeological material. In total, 99 observations were subjected to quantitative and qualitative analysis (50 - from modern times and 49 - from medieval times). On the basis of the statistical analysis, statistically significant differences in the length of PH were found with respect to age and sex. Statistically significant differences in the PH width were also noticed with respect to sex and the period of origin. The results obtained may help better understand the development mechanism of the pterygoid hamulus bursitis.

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