Pterygoid
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Pterygoid can refer to:
- Pterygoid processes of the sphenoidPterygoid processes of the sphenoidThe pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, one on either side, descend perpendicularly from the regions where the body and great wings unite.Each process consists of a medial pterygoid plate and a lateral pterygoid plate, the upper parts of which are fused anteriorly; a vertical sulcus, the...
bone- The Lateral pterygoid plateLateral pterygoid plateThe lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid is broad, thin, and everted; its lateral surface forms part of the medial wall of the infratemporal fossa, and gives attachment to the lateral pterygoid muscle; its medial surface forms part of the pterygoid fossa, and gives attachment to the medial...
by it
- The Lateral pterygoid plate
- a muscle such as Lateral pterygoid muscleLateral pterygoid muscleThe lateral pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads. It lies superiorly to the medial pterygoid.-Origin and insertion:...
or Medial pterygoid muscleMedial pterygoid muscleThe medial pterygoid , is a thick, quadrilateral muscle of mastication.The mandibular branch of the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, innervates the medial pterygoid muscle.-Origin and insertion:... - a branch of the Mandibular nerveMandibular nerveThe mandibular nerve is the largest of the three branches of the trigeminal nerve.-Roots:It is made up of two roots:* a large sensory root proceeding from the inferior angle of the trigeminal ganglion....