lower head of lateral pterygoid (muscle)
(redirected from inferior head of lateral pterygoid muscle)lower head of lateral pterygoid (muscle)
[TA]head of origin from the lateral surface of the lateral pterygoid plate; this part of the muscle attaches to the pterygoid fovea of the condylar process of the mandible; its action protrudes the mandible.
Synonym(s): caput inferius musculi pterygoidei lateralis [TA], inferior head of lateral pterygoid (muscle) ☆
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