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lateral pterygoid muscle

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Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) capsule, and the cranial base. [ ]

Term info

Label

lateral pterygoid muscle

Synonyms
  • external pterygoid muscle
  • lateral pteregoid
  • lateral pteregoid muscle
  • lateral pterygoid
  • m. pterygoideus externus
  • m. pterygoideus lateralis
  • musculus pterygoides lateralis
  • musculus pterygoideus externus
  • musculus pterygoideus lateralis
  • pterygoideus externus
  • pterygoideus externus muscle
  • pterygoideus lateral
  • pterygoideus lateral muscle
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

latin term
m. pterygoideus externus [ FEED : rd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_pterygoid_muscle ]

latin term
musculus pterygoideus lateralis [ FEED : rd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_pterygoid_muscle ]

latin term
m. pterygoideus lateralis [ FEED : rd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_pterygoid_muscle ]

latin term
musculus pterygoideus externus [ FEED : rd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_pterygoid_muscle ]

actions notes

only masticatory muscle that depresses mandible (opens jaw)

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Musculuspterygoideuslateralis.png

external definition

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and TMJ capsule, and the cranial base.[FEED]

has broad synonym

pterygoid lateralis

id

UBERON:0006719

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/539