HyperDic: pterygoid_muscle

English > 1 sense of the expression pterygoid muscle:
NOUNbodypterygoid musclemuscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw
English > pterygoid muscle: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningmuscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw.
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton

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