PTERYGOID MUSCLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("pterygoid muscle" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

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