medial pterygoid nerve
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Noun edit
medial pterygoid nerve (plural medial pterygoid nerves)
- (neuroanatomy) A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.
References edit
- “pterygoid nerve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.