MYOSTABILITY · VISUAL LIBRARY

Lateral pterygoid

Illustrative cutaway: two short heads reach the jaw-joint region rather than the jaw angle.

Lateral pterygoid highlighted in gold. Illustrative cutaway: two short heads reach the jaw-joint region rather than the jaw angle.
Attachments & illustration source

Superior head: sphenoid greater wing to TMJ capsule/disc; inferior head: lateral pterygoid plate to anterior condylar neck.

Original anatomical illustration. Fine attachment boundaries are simplified.

UAMS — Muscles of the head and neck