Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) capsule, and the cranial base. [ MFMO:0000074 ]
Synonyms: musculus pterygoideus lateralis lateral pteregoid muscle lateral pteregoid pterygoideus lateral musculus pterygoides lateralis pterygoideus externus pterygoideus lateral muscle pterygoideus externus muscle musculus pterygoideus externus m. pterygoideus lateralis m. pterygoideus externus external pterygoid muscle lateral pterygoid
Term information
- UMLS:C1517045 (ncithesaurus:External_Pterygoid_Muscle)
- Wikipedia:Lateral_pterygoid_muscle
- EMAPA:25140
- MA:0002360
- FMA:49015
- SCTID:244772005
- NCIT:C32570
- MFMO:0000074
pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and TMJ capsule, and the cranial base.[FEED]
Term relations
- trigeminal nerve muscle and attached to some basicranium and attached to some mandible condylar process
- pterygoid muscle
- trigeminal nerve muscle
- innervated_by some mandibular nerve
- attached to some basicranium
- has muscle origin some sphenoid bone pterygoid process
- attached to some mandible condylar process
- has muscle insertion some mandible condylar process
- innervated_by some lateral pterygoid nerve