pterygoid muscles

Preferred Label : pterygoid muscles;

MeSH definition : Two of the masticatory muscles: the internal, or medial, pterygoid muscle and external, or lateral, pterygoid muscle. Action of the former is closing the jaws and that of the latter is opening the jaws, protruding the mandible, and moving the mandible from side to side.;

MeSH synonym : muscles, pterygoid; pterygoid muscle; muscle, pterygoid;

MeSH annotation : /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent;

Details

Origin ID

D011626;

UMLS CUI

C0034001;

Allowable qualifiers
- abnormalities [MeSH Qualifier]
- anatomy and histology [MeSH Qualifier]
- blood supply [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- injuries [MeSH Qualifier]
- innervation [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Entire pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Pterygoid muscle [FMA entity]
- Structure of pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pterygoid muscle [UBERON concept]
- pterygoid muscle, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- pterygoid muscles [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Pterygoid Muscle [NCIt concept]
- Pterygoid muscle [FMA entity]
- Structure of pterygoid muscle (body structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- pterygoid muscle, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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