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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
Subsets
pheno_slim
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
has obo namespace
uberon
id
UBERON:0006719
see also
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/539
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- trigeminal nerve muscle and attaches_to some basicranium and attaches_to some mandible condylar process
Subclass of:
- pterygoid muscle
- attaches_to some basicranium
- has_muscle_insertion some mandible condylar process
- attaches_to some mandible condylar process
- has_muscle_origin some sphenoid bone pterygoid process
- innervated_by some lateral pterygoid nerve
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