Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

lateral pterygoid muscle
Synonyms

pterygoid lateralis

pterygoideus externus

lateral pterygoid

musculus pterygoideus lateralis

external pterygoid muscle

musculus pterygoides lateralis

pterygoideus lateral muscle

lateral pteregoid

musculus pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus lateralis

pterygoideus externus muscle

lateral pteregoid muscle

pterygoideus lateral

Definitions

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) capsule, and the cranial base.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006719

actions_notes

only masticatory muscle that depresses mandible (opens jaw)

altLabel

pterygoid lateralis

pterygoideus externus

lateral pterygoid

musculus pterygoideus lateralis

external pterygoid muscle

musculus pterygoides lateralis

pterygoideus lateral muscle

lateral pteregoid

musculus pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus lateralis

pterygoideus externus muscle

lateral pteregoid muscle

pterygoideus lateral

ccf_is_provisional

false

ccf_part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003681

ccf_pref_label

lateral pterygoid muscle

definition

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) capsule, and the cranial base.

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Musculuspterygoideuslateralis.png

external_definition

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by the lateral pterygoid nerve branches, and attaches to the condylar process of the mandible and TMJ capsule, and the cranial base.[FEED]

has broad synonym

pterygoid lateralis

has exact synonym

pterygoideus externus

lateral pterygoid

musculus pterygoideus lateralis

external pterygoid muscle

musculus pterygoides lateralis

pterygoideus lateral muscle

lateral pteregoid

musculus pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus externus

m. pterygoideus lateralis

pterygoideus externus muscle

lateral pteregoid muscle

pterygoideus lateral

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0006719

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

label

lateral pterygoid muscle

notation

UBERON:0006719

prefLabel

lateral pterygoid muscle

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

see also

https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/539

xRef

EMAPA:25140

UMLS:C1517045

NCIT:C32570

Wikipedia:Lateral_pterygoid_muscle

MA:0002360

MFMO:0000074

SCTID:244772005

FMA:49015

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0018544

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006720

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