English Explanatory Dictionary

pterygoid muscle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.

Word forms

pterygoid muscle pterygoid muscles pterygoid pterygoideus
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