Internal pterygoid information

Internal pterygoid is the obsolete attribution for medial pterygoid, and refers to: Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid nerve This disambiguation...

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...

The medial pterygoid nerve (nerve to medial pterygoid, or internal pterygoid nerve[citation needed]) is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the mandibular...

lateral pterygoid muscle (or external pterygoid muscle) is a muscle of mastication. It has two heads. It lies superior to the medial pterygoid muscle....

of a medial pterygoid plate and a lateral pterygoid plate, the latter of which serve as the origins of the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles. The...

lateral pterygoid muscle, to the pterygopalatine fossa. It supplies the deep structures of the face, and may be divided into mandibular, pterygoid, and pterygopalatine...

The nerve of the pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve) is formed by the union of the (parasympathetic) greater petrosal nerve and (sympathetic) deep petrosal...

Pterygoid, from the Greek for 'winglike', may refer to: Pterygoid bone, a bone of the palate of many vertebrates Pterygoid processes of the sphenoid bone...

The 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...

branches of the petrous segment of the internal carotid artery are: the vidian artery or artery of the pterygoid canal the caroticotympanic artery The...

external pterygoid) Mouth is opened widely 2) Internal pterygoid-levator synkinesis is when the eyelid raises upon teeth clenching External pterygoid-levator...

Pterygoid muscle may refer to: Lateral pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid muscle This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pterygoid...

External pterygoid can refer to: Lateral pterygoid muscle (external pterygoid muscle) Lateral pterygoid nerve (external pterygoid nerve) Marcus Gunn phenomenon...

Lateral pterygoid may refer to: Lateral pterygoid muscle Lateral pterygoid nerve Lateral pterygoid plate This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

Medial pterygoid may refer to: Medial pterygoid muscle Medial pterygoid nerve Medial pterygoid plate This disambiguation page lists articles associated...

or orbicularis oris 26 Jaw drop masseter; relaxed temporalis and internal pterygoid 27 Mouth stretch pterygoids, digastric 28 Lip suck orbicularis oris...

them less efficient at biting with the incisors, but their enlarged internal pterygoid muscles may allow them to move the jaw further sideways when chewing...

Pterygoid nerve may refer to: Medial pterygoid nerve Lateral pterygoid nerve This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pterygoid...

The pterygoid branches of the maxillary artery, irregular in their number and origin, supply the lateral pterygoid muscle and medial pterygoid muscle....

accommodates widened insertions for pterygoid muscle segments, especially that for the medial branch of the internal pterygoid; posterior cusp of p3 weak or...

buccopharyngeal fascia. It is attached superiorly to the pterygoid hamulus of the medial pterygoid plate, and inferiorly to the posterior end of the mylohyoid...

between the spina angularis and the lateral pterygoid plate, superiorly attached to the root of the lateral pterygoid plate anteriorly; the interclinoid ligament...

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...

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...

of the foramen lacerum (supplies the internal carotid plexus) emissary veins (connecting extracranial pterygoid plexus with the intracranial cavernous...

ganglion (synapse) → gray rami communicantes → internal carotid plexus → deep petrosal nerve → nerve of pterygoid canal → pterygopalatine ganglion (fibres pass...

foramen lacerum 2 artery of pterygoid canal, Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery, emissary vein nerve of pterygoid canal through its anterior...

unites with the (sympathetic) deep petrosal nerve to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal (vidian nerve) which proceeds to the pterygopalatine ganglion. It...

ligament, stylomandibular ligament, sphenomandibular ligament, and lateral pterygoid muscle. The articular capsule (capsular ligament) is a thin, loose envelope...

cutaneous nerve of thigh Lateral pectoral nerve Lateral plantar nerve Lateral pterygoid nerve Lesser occipital nerve Lingual nerve Long ciliary nerves Long root...