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lateral pterygoid muscle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables
lat-er-al ptery-goid -mus-cle
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an antagonist of the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles.

Inflected Forms

lateral pterygoid muscles (plural) lateral pterygoid (alternative) external pterygoid muscle (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

medial pterygoid muscle

Questions

What does lateral pterygoid muscle mean?
A muscle that arises from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and from the outer surface of the lateral pterygoid plate, is inserted into the condyle of the mandible and the articular disk of the temporomandibular joint, and acts as an antagonist of the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscles.

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