Muscular system
Medial pterygoid muscle
Musculus pterygoideus medialis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Masticatory muscles
DescriptionUnreviewed
The medial pterygoid muscle (or internal pterygoid muscle), is a thick, quadrilateral muscle of the face.
It is supplied by the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (V).
It is important in mastication (chewing).
Continue reading on Wikipedia →
Source: Wikipedia · Text licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 · This text comes from the source data and has not been reviewed by a person yet.
Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Musculus pterygoideus medialis
- English
- Medial pterygoid muscle
- French
- Muscle ptérygoïdien médial
- Spanish
- Músculo pterigoideo medial
- Portuguese
- Músculo pterigóideo medial