The lateral pterygoid is a jaw muscle that

a. arises from the sphenoid and the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid and inserts on the mandibular condyle and joint capsule and disk of the TMJ.
b. arises on the pterygoid plate of the sphenoid and the maxilla and inserts across the inner surface of the mandibular ramus.
c. arises from the zygomatic arch and the coronoid process and inserts across the angle of the mandible.
d. arises from the zygomatic arch and the coronoid process and inserts on the mandibular condyle and the joint capsule and disk of the TMJ.


a

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