lateral pterygoid

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• lateral pterygoid muscle — n PTERYGOID MUSCLE (a) …   Medical dictionary

• lateral pterygoid nerve — n PTERYGOID NERVE (a) …   Medical dictionary

• lateral pterygoid plate — n PTERYGOID PLATE (a) …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• Lateral pterygoid plate — Infobox Bone Name = Lateral pterygoid plate Latin = lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 151 Caption = Medial wall of left orbit. (Label pterygoid plate labeled at bottom right.) Caption2 = Sphenoid bone, anterior… …   Wikipedia

• Lateral pterygoid nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = n. pterygoideus externus n. pterygoideus lateralis GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 895 Caption = Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Caption2 = Innervates =… …   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 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

• 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 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 fissure — n the angular cleft separating the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of each pterygoid process called also pterygoid notch * * * incisura pterygoidea …   Medical dictionary