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pterygoid muscle
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Term info
Label
pterygoid muscle
Subsets
grouping_class
has alternative id
UBERON:3010730
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
pterygoideus muscle, pterygoideus, pterygoid
id
UBERON:0006720
taxon notes
We use this class to group the medial and lateral pterygoids of mammals as well as the pterygoideus of amphibians and reptiles. Note that FEED includes a distinct class for the reptilian pterygoideus. In future, this branch of the ontology may be refined to include a more complete classification of jaw adductors across gnathostomes. See for example DOI:10.1134/S1062359010090050