English Explanatory Dictionary

lateral pterygoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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 and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an antagonist of the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles.

Word forms

lateral pterygoid muscle lateral pterygoid muscles lateral pterygoid external pterygoid muscle
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