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medial pterygoid nerve

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: internal pterygoid nerve, nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle

Antonyms: none provided

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