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Nerve: Medial pterygoid nerve
Nervuspterygoideusmedialis
Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. (Internal pterygoid nerve visible but not labeled.)
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Latin n. pterygoideus internus
n. pterygoideus medialis
Gray's subject #200 894
Innervates medial pterygoid, tensor veli palatini
From mandibular nerve
To
MeSH [1]

The medial pterygoid nerve (or internal pterygoid nerve) is a branch off the mandibular nerve that innervates the medial pterygoid muscle.

Structure[]

The nerve to the medial pterygoid muscle is a slender branch of the mandibular nerve which enters the deep surface of the muscle; it gives off one or two filaments to the otic ganglion.

The nerve provides physical support for the otic ganglion, but is neurologically distinct.

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