Medial pterygoid nerve
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Not to be confused with lateral pterygoid nerve.
The medial pterygoid nerve (nerve to medial pterygoid,[1] or internal pterygoid nerve[citation needed]) is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3). It supplies the medial pterygoid muscle, the tensor veli palatini muscle, and the tensor tympani muscle.
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Medial pterygoid nerve | |
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Details | |
From | Mandibular nerve |
Innervates | Medial pterygoid, tensor veli palatini, tensor tympani |
Identifiers | |
Latin | nervus pterygoideus internus, nervus pterygoideus medialis |
TA98 | A14.2.01.066 |
TA2 | 6250 |
FMA | 53056 |
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy |
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