"Pterygoid Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two of the masticatory muscles: the internal, or medial, pterygoid muscle and external, or lateral, pterygoid muscle. Action of the former is closing the jaws and that of the latter is opening the jaws, protruding the mandible, and moving the mandible from side to side.
| Descriptor ID |
D011626
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.600.700 A14.530.790
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| Concept/Terms |
Pterygoid Muscles- Pterygoid Muscles
- Muscle, Pterygoid
- Muscles, Pterygoid
- Pterygoid Muscle
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