page_title: Medial pterygoid nerve
hierarchical_section_title: Medial pterygoid nerve
context_page_description: The medial pterygoid nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve that innervates the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor veli palatini and tensor tympani.
context_section_description: The medial pterygoid nerve (or internal pterygoid nerve) is a branch of the mandibular nerve that innervates the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor veli palatini and tensor tympani.
caption: Mandibular division of the trigeminus nerve. (Internal pterygoid nerve visible but not labeled.)
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