lateral pterygoid muscle

Preferred Label : lateral pterygoid muscle;

Uberon 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.;

Uberon synonym : pterygoideus externus muscle; pterygoideus lateral; musculus pterygoides lateralis; lateral pteregoid; pterygoideus externus; lateral pterygoid; lateral pteregoid muscle; external pterygoid muscle; pterygoideus lateral muscle;

Uberon broad term : pterygoid lateralis;

Uberon Action note : only masticatory muscle that depresses mandible (opens jaw);

Details

Origin ID

0006719;

UMLS CUI

C1517045;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire lateral pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External Pterygoid Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Lateral pterygoid [FMA entity]
- Lateral pterygoid muscle [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Structure of lateral pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- lateral pterygoid muscle [Radlex concept]
- lateral pterygoid muscle [SNOMED Notion]
- lateral pterygoid muscle [ICHI extension code]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- External Pterygoid Muscle [NCIt concept]
Uberon cross reference
- Entire lateral pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- External Pterygoid Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Lateral pterygoid [FMA entity]
attaches to
- basicranium [UBERON concept]
- mandible condylar process [UBERON concept]
has muscle insertion
- mandible condylar process [UBERON concept]
has muscle origin
- sphenoid bone pterygoid process [UBERON concept]
innervated by
- lateral pterygoid nerve [UBERON concept]

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