Pterygoid muscle

Introduction: Pterygoid muscle

Description of Pterygoid muscle

Pterygoid muscle: muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Pterygoid muscle: Two of the masticatory muscles: the internal, or medial, pterygoid muscle and external, or lateral, pterygoid muscle. Action of the former is closing the jaws and that of the latter is opening the jaws, protruding the mandible, and moving the mandible from side to side.
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Pterygoid muscle: Two of the masticatory muscles: the internal, or medial, pterygoid muscle and external, or lateral, pterygoid muscle. Action of the former is closing the jaws and that of the latter is opening the jaws, protruding the mandible, and moving the mandible from side to side.
Source: MeSH 2007

Pterygoid muscle: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Pterygoid muscle:

• Pterygoid
• Muscle
• Muscle symptoms (7251 causes)
• Muscle disease
• Muscle disorder
• Muscle pain (956 causes)
• Descending
• Sphenoid

Terms associated with Pterygoid muscle:

Broader terms for Pterygoid muscle

• Masticatory Muscles

Source - MeSH 2007

• skeletal muscle
• striated muscle

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Pterygoid muscle

The following list attempts to classify Pterygoid muscle into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• skeletal muscle,striated muscle
• muscle,musculus
• contractile organ,contractor
• organ
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Musculoskeletal System
  • Muscles
    • Muscle, Skeletal
      • Masticatory Muscles
        • Pterygoid Muscles

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Stomatognathic System
  • Masticatory Muscles
    • Pterygoid Muscles

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• masticatory muscle
• skeletal muscle
• muscle
• musculoskeletal system
• Anatomy

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