Medial pterygoid nerve

Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.

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.

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branch from: Mandibular nerve
Dorlands prefix: n_05
Dorlands suffix: 12566554
Gray page: 894
Gray subject: 200
innervates: Tensor veli palatini muscle, Medial pterygoid muscle, Tensor tympani muscle

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