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medial pterygoid nerve

medial pterygoid nerve noun: a branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.

Noun

medial pterygoid nerve (plural medial pterygoid nerves)

  1. A branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.
    Synonyms:
    internal pterygoid nerve, nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle

Synonyms of medial pterygoid nerve

  • internal pterygoid nerve
  • nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle

Forms of medial pterygoid nerve

pluralmedial pterygoid nerves

Words that rhyme with medial pterygoid nerve

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Questions about medial pterygoid nerve

What does medial pterygoid nerve mean?
Medial pterygoid nerve means a branch of the mandibular nerve that is distributed to the medial pterygoid muscle, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini.
What part of speech is medial pterygoid nerve?
Medial pterygoid nerve is a noun.
What is the plural of medial pterygoid nerve?
The plural of medial pterygoid nerve is medial pterygoid nerves.

Words near medial pterygoid nerve in the dictionary

  1. medial moraine
  2. medial moraines
  3. medial palpebral arteries
  4. medial palpebral artery
  5. medial pterygoid muscle
  6. medial pterygoid nerve
  7. medial pterygoid plate
  8. medial recti
  9. medial rectus
  10. medial s
  11. medial s's

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