The lateral pterygoid nerve (or external pterygoid nerve) is a branch of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve.[1] It usually originates as two separate branches that travel near the buccal nerve, and enter the deep surfaces of the superior and inferior heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle.[2]
Some authors describe the lateral pterygoid nerve as a single branch of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve which then bifurcates to enter the two heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle.
^Suer, Michael (2021), Abd-Elsayed, Alaa (ed.), "Anatomy of the Trigeminal Nerve", Trigeminal Nerve Pain: A Guide to Clinical Management, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 5–16, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60687-9_2, ISBN978-3-030-60687-9, S2CID 230539881, retrieved 2022-10-14
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