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  • Title: Spatial relationships between masticatory muscles and their innervating nerves in man with special reference to the medial pterygoid muscle and its accessory muscle bundle.
    Author: Sakamoto Y, Akita K.
    Journal: Surg Radiol Anat; 2004 Apr; 26(2):122-7. PubMed ID: 14574465.
    Abstract:
    The relationships between the positional arrangement of the surrounding and innervating nerves of the muscles supplied by the mandibular nerve, in particular those medial to the main trunk of the nerve, were examined in 24 head halves from 12 Japanese cadavers by dissection from the inside after removal of the bony elements except for the mandible. In ten sides of five heads, the lingual nerve pierced the medial pterygoid muscle, and the bundle lateral to the nerve was found to be separated as an accessory muscle bundle. The accessory bundle was frequently attached to the mylohyoid muscle. In addition, the inferior alveolar nerve and the lingual nerve frequently communicated, and in four specimens a branch from the lingual nerve entered the mylohyoid to communicate with the proper nerve. The innervation pattern indicated that the medial pterygoid muscle consists of the anteromedial and the posterolateral main parts, and sometimes has an accessory bundle. Based on the present findings and the previous studies of the positional relationships between the muscles and nerves by our research group, we propose that the muscles innervated by the mandibular nerve could be classified as an inner group (the lateral pterygoid) and an outer group (the other muscles). A possible scheme of the positional relationships between the muscles and nerves is presented.
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