"medial pterygoid nerve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: medial pterygoid nerves [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v Head templates: {{en-noun|head=medial pterygoid nerve}} medial pterygoid nerve (plural medial pterygoid nerves)
  1. (neuroanatomy) A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini. Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Synonyms: internal pterygoid nerve, nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle
    Sense id: en-medial_pterygoid_nerve-en-noun-dIDLv-qV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences

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