masseteric nerve


mas·se·ter·ic nerve

[TA] a muscular branch of the mandibular nerve [CN V3] passing through the mandibular notch to the medial surface of the masseter muscle that it supplies and the temporomandibular joint. Synonym(s): nervus massetericus [TA]

mas·se·ter·ic nerve

(mas'ĕ-ter'ik nĕrv) [TA] A muscular branch of the mandibular nerve passing through the mandibular notch to the medial surface of the masseter muscle; which it supplies, and the temporomandibular joint.
Synonym(s): nervus massetericus [TA] .

masseteric nerve

A motor branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3) that innervates the masseter muscle and the temporomandibular joint. See also: nerve