medial pterygoid nerve

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v

Noun

medial pterygoid nerve (plural medial pterygoid nerves)

  1. (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

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