medial pterygoid nerve

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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