Nerve to medial pterygoid
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The nerve to medial pterygoid, also known as medial medial pterygoid nerve, is a branch of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve.
Gross anatomy
The nerve to medial pterygoiddivides off the mandibular division just below the foramen ovale and just before it branches into anterior and posterior divisions divisons. It has two small branches:
- one enters the deep surface of the medial pterygoid muscle
and supplies, supplying it - the other passes close to the otic ganglion and supplies the tensor veli palatini and tensor tympani muscles
-<p>The <strong>nerve to medial pterygoid </strong>or<strong> medial pterygoid nerve </strong>is a branch of the mandibular division of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a>.</p><h4><strong>Gross anatomy</strong></h4><p>The nerve to medial pterygoid<strong> </strong>divides off the mandibular division just below the <a href="/articles/foramen-ovale-skull">foramen ovale</a> and just before it branches into <a href="/articles/anterior-division-of-the-mandibular-nerve">anterior</a> and <a href="/articles/posterior-division-of-the-mandibular-nerve">posterior</a> divisons. It has two small branches:</p><ul>-<li>one enters the deep surface of the <a href="/articles/medial-pterygoid-muscle">medial pterygoid muscle</a> and supplies it</li>-<li>the other passes close to the <a href="/articles/otic-ganglion">otic ganglion</a> and supplies the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini">tensor veli palatini</a> and <a href="/articles/tensor-tympani-1">tensor tympani muscles</a>- +<p>The <strong>nerve to medial pterygoid</strong>, also known as<strong> medial pterygoid nerve</strong>, is a branch of the <a href="/articles/mandibular-division">mandibular division</a> of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a>.</p><h4>Gross anatomy</h4><p>The nerve to medial pterygoid<strong> </strong>divides off the mandibular division just below the <a href="/articles/foramen-ovale-skull">foramen ovale</a> and just before it branches into <a href="/articles/anterior-division-of-the-mandibular-nerve">anterior</a> and <a href="/articles/posterior-division-of-the-mandibular-nerve">posterior divisions</a>. It has two small branches:</p><ul>
- +<li>one enters the deep surface of the <a href="/articles/medial-pterygoid-muscle">medial pterygoid muscle</a>, supplying it</li>
- +<li>the other passes close to the <a href="/articles/otic-ganglion">otic ganglion</a> and supplies the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini-muscle">tensor veli palatini</a> and <a href="/articles/tensor-tympani-muscle-1">tensor tympani muscles</a>
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