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medial pterygoid nerve
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English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Noun
medial pterygoid nerve (plural medial pterygoid nerves)
- (neuroanatomy) A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.
- Synonyms: internal pterygoid nerve, nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle
- Coordinate terms: auriculotemporal nerve, buccal nerve, deep temporal nerve, inferior alveolar nerve, lateral pterygoid nerve, lingual nerve, masseteric nerve
References
- “pterygoid nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
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