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

References

• “pterygoid nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.