Preferred Label : pterygoid muscle;
Uberon related term : pterygoideus; pterygoideus muscle; pterygoid;
Uberon Taxon note : We use this class to group the medial and lateral pterygoids of mammals as well as
the pterygoideus of amphibians and reptiles. Note that FEED includes a distinct class
for the reptilian pterygoideus. In future, this branch of the ontology may be refined
to include a more complete classification of jaw adductors across gnathostomes. See
for example DOI:10.1134/S1062359010090050;
Origin ID : 0006720;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
- has muscle insertion
