pterygoid muscle (English, noun)
expansion: pterygoid muscle (plural pterygoid muscles)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: lateral pterygoid muscle
medial pterygoid muscle
glosses: Either of two muscles arising respectively from the lateral and medial surfaces of the lateral pterygoid process which serve to move the mandible forwards and to the side.
Forms:
form: pterygoid muscles
tags: plural
form: pterygoid
tags: alternative
form: pterygoideus
tags: alternative