page_title: Medial pterygoid muscle
hierarchical_section_title: Medial pterygoid muscle
caption_attribution_description: The otic ganglion and its branches.
context_page_description: The medial pterygoid, is a thick, quadrilateral muscle of mastication.
  The mandibular branch of the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, innervates the medial pterygoid muscle.
context_section_description: The medial pterygoid (or internal pterygoid muscle), is a thick, quadrilateral muscle of mastication.
  The mandibular branch of the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve, innervates the medial pterygoid muscle.
caption: The otic ganglion and its branches. (Pterygoideus internus labeled at bottom right.)
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