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

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Term information

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Subsets

pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Musculuspterygoideusmedialis.png

external definition

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.[FEED]

has related synonym

pterygoidei internus

pterygoideus internus

medial pterygoid

internal pterygoid muscle

internal pterygoid

id

UBERON:0006718

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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