medial pterygoid nerve
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Medial pterygoid nerve — Nerve: Medial pterygoid nerve Mandibular division of the trigeminus nerve. (Internal pterygoid nerve visible but not labeled.) … Wikipedia
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
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
Medial pterygoid plate — Bone: Medial pterygoid plate Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Medial pterygoid plate labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
Nerve to tensor veli palatini — Nerve: Nerve to tensor veli palatini Mandibular division of trifacial nerve, seen from the middle line … Wikipedia
nerve to medial pterygoid — nervus pterygoideus medialis … Medical dictionary
pterygoid nerve medial — nervus pterygoideus medialis … Medical dictionary
Nerve of pterygoid canal — Nerve: Nerve of pterygoid canal Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Vidian nerve labeled at upper right.) Latin n. canalis pterygoidei Gray s … Wikipedia
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 canal — n an anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve called also Vidian canal * * * canalis pterygoideus … Medical dictionary
