lateral pterygoid muscle

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an antagonist of the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles.

Equivalents

DeutschMusculus pterygoideus lateralis

CEFR level

C1

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See also

lateral pterygoid nerve lateral pterygoid plate lateral raise lateral rectus lateral scale lateral sclerosis

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