Marcus Gunn phenomenon (external pterygoid-levator synkinesis)
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lateral pterygoid muscle (or externalpterygoid muscle) is a muscle of mastication. It has two heads. It lies superior to the medial pterygoid muscle....
externalpterygoid) Mouth is opened widely 2) Internal pterygoid-levator synkinesis is when the eyelid raises upon teeth clenching Externalpterygoid-levator...
artery of the pterygoid canal (or Vidian artery) is an artery in the pterygoid canal, in the head. It usually arises from the external carotid artery...
The lateral pterygoid nerve (or externalpterygoid nerve) is a branch of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve. It usually originates as two separate...
The ear canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear...
The pterygoid plexus (/ˈtɛrɪɡɔɪd/; from Greek pteryx, "wing" and eidos, "shape") is a fine venous plexus upon and within the lateral pterygoid muscle....
lateral pterygoid muscle, to the pterygopalatine fossa. It supplies the deep structures of the face, and may be divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and pterygopalatine...
pharyngeal arch in the embryo. The temporalis, masseter, and internal and externalpterygoid muscles, which are mainly used for chewing, have a minor effect on...
In the pterygoid processes of the sphenoid, above the pterygoid fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the...
mandible) Lateral pterygoid muscle and medial pterygoid muscle. The infratemporal fossa contains the maxillary artery (originating from the external carotid artery)...
buccopharyngeal fascia. It is attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and inferiorly to the posterior end of the mylohyoid...
compensated for by the perpendicular plate of the palatine bone, the medial pterygoid plate, the labyrinth of ethmoid and the inferior concha. The paranasal...
ligament, stylomandibular ligament, sphenomandibular ligament, and lateral pterygoid muscle. The articular capsule (capsular ligament) is a thin, loose envelope...
of the internal carotid artery are: the vidian artery or artery of the pterygoid canal the caroticotympanic artery The lacerum segment, or C3, is a short...
the head and is paired on each side. It is located between the lateral pterygoid muscle and the medial surface of the ramus of the mandible. The pterygomandibular...
skull (mostly through foramen ovale). There are also connections with the pterygoid plexus of veins via inferior ophthalmic vein, deep facial vein and emissary...
maxillary only by ligament. The paired vomer is narrow. The palatine bone and pterygoid are long and parallel to the axis of the skull, the latter diverging behind...
preganglionic parasympathetics) to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal, which passes through the pterygoid canal before entering the ganglion. The stellate...
sphenomandibular ligament: 364 - andthen courses deep to the lateral pterygoid muscle. It issues parotid branches and then turns superiorly, posterior...
superiorly and posteriorly by the sphenoid bone laterally by the medial pterygoid plates. medially by the Vomer The term is a latinization from the Greek...
needle into or through a muscle. In these cases it is usually the medial pterygoid or the buccinator muscles. Oral surgery procedures, as in the extraction...
foramen lacerum 2 artery of pterygoid canal, Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery, emissary vein nerve of pterygoid canal through its anterior...
masseter, and medial pterygoid muscles. A part of the gland may extend between the ramus and medial pterygoid, as the pterygoid process. Branches of the...
masseter and the medial pterygoid. Lateral movements – Medial and lateral pterygoid (the ipsilateral temporalis and the pterygoid muscles of the contralateral...
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