name lateral_pterygoid_muscle namespace http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de# parent masticatory_muscle child lower_head nameEnglishSynonym [] external pterygoid muscle comment [de] Ursprung: seitliche Lamelle des Flügelfortsatzes, Tuber maxillae, Planum infratemporale alae magnae; Funktion: Verschieben des Unterkiefers; einseitig: seitliche Verschiebung des Unterkiefers label [en] lateral pterygoid muscle organNo [] 20408 nameGermanSynonym [] Kaumuskel ACC [] cy0045995 label [med] Musculus pterygoideus lateralis (externus) label [de] Äußerer Flügelmuskel speciesNo [] 86 comment [en] 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 hasPart upper_head_of_lateral_pterygoid_muscle attachedToOrigin sphenoid_bone attachedToOrigin pterygoid_process attachedToApproach condylar_process_of_mandible isInnervatedBy mandibular_nerve hasPart lower_head