The medial pterygoid is a pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors and is innervated by the nerve to the medial pterygoid and attaches to the cranial base and the medial side of the mandibular angle. [ MFMO:0000083 ]
Synonyms: pterygoideus medialis musculus pterygoideus medialis pterygoid medialis musculus pterygoideus internus pterygoideus medial
Term information
- MA:0002361
- Wikipedia:Medial_pterygoid_muscle
- EMAPA:25141
- FMA:49011
- SCTID:244771003
- NCIT:C32861
- BTO:0005226
- MFMO:0000083
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
pterygoidei internus
pterygoideus internus
medial pterygoid
internal pterygoid muscle
internal pterygoid
Term relations
- pterygoid muscle
- innervated_by some mandibular nerve
- has muscle insertion some mandible
- has muscle origin some basicranium