medial pterygoid muscle
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Medial pterygoid muscle — Medial pterygoid The Pterygoidei; the zygomatic arch and a portion of the ramus of the mandible have been removed. (Internus is visible at center bottom.) … Wikipedia
pterygoid muscle — n either of two muscles extending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw: a) a muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible… … Medical dictionary
Medial pterygoid — can refer to: Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid plate This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the l … Wikipedia
Medial rectus muscle — Medial rectus Rectus muscles: 2 = superior, 3 = inferior, 4 = medial, 5 = lateral Oblique muscles: 6 = superior, 8 = inferior Other muscle: 9 = levator palpebrae superioris O … Wikipedia
Medial pterygoid nerve — Nerve: Medial pterygoid nerve Mandibular division of the trigeminus nerve. (Internal pterygoid nerve visible but not labeled.) … Wikipedia
Lateral pterygoid muscle — Infobox Muscle Name = PAGENAME Latin = m. pterygoideus lateralis, m. pterygoideus externus GraySubject = 109 GrayPage = 386 | Caption = The Pterygoidei; the zygomatic arch and a portion of the ramus of the mandible have been removed. (Labeled as… … Wikipedia
pterygoid plate — n either of two vertical plates making up a pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone: a) a broad thin plate that forms the lateral part of the pterygoid process and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle on its lateral surface and to the… … Medical dictionary
pterygoid nerve — n either of two branches of the mandibular nerve: a) one that is distributed to the lateral pterygoid muscle called also lateral pterygoid nerve b) one that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini… … Medical dictionary
Pterygoid — (from the Greek for winglike ) can refer to: * Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone ** The Lateral pterygoid plate by it * a muscle such as Lateral pterygoid muscle or Medial pterygoid muscle * a branch of the Mandibular nerve … Wikipedia
pterygoid fossa — n a V shaped depression on the posterior part of each pterygoid process that is formed by the divergence posteriorly of its medial and lateral pterygoid plates and that contains the medial pterygoid muscle and the tensor veli palatini … Medical dictionary