Muscular system
Inferior head of lateral pterygoid muscle
Caput inferius musculi pterygoidei lateralis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Masticatory muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lateral pterygoid or external pterygoid is a muscle of mastication with two heads.
It lies superiorly to the medial pterygoid.
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Names
- Latin
- Caput inferius musculi pterygoidei lateralis
- English
- Inferior head of lateral pterygoid muscle
- French
- Chef inférieur du muscle ptérygoïdien latéral
- Spanish
- Cabeza inferior del músculo pterigoideo lateral
- Portuguese
- Cabeça inferior do músculo pterigóideo lateral