Medial pterygoid muscle

Beginning: fossa pterygoidea and tuber maxillae.

Attachmenr: tuberositas pterygoidea to angulus mandibulae (inner surface).

Innervation: n. pterygoideus medialis (3rd branch of the trigeminal nerve).

Function:

• bilateral action – elevation of the mandible;
• unilateral action – mandible pull to the opposite side.

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References

• ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomy 1. 2. edition. Grada, 2001. 497 pp. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.