medial pterygoid muscle

n.

A muscle with origin from the pterygoid fossa of the sphenoid bone and the tuberosity of the maxilla, with insertion into the medial surface of the mandible, with nerve supply from the medial pterygoid branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, and whose action raises the mandible and closes the jaw.

Words nearby medial pterygoid muscle

medial longitudinal fasciculus, medial longitudinal stria, medial moraine, medial occipitotemporal gyrus, medial plantar nerve, medial pterygoid muscle, medial rectus muscle, medial supraclavicular nerve, median, median artery, median bar of mercier