medial pterygoid nerve
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Noun[edit]
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.
References[edit]
- “pterygoid nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.