Myogale pterygoideus subsp. externus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 7

M. pterygoideus externus

ORIGIN: As a dorsal head from the ventral margin of the frontal bone and a ventral head from the orbitotemporal region.

INSERTION: The fibers of the two heads converge and attach on the medial surface of the condylar process of the mandible.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Galemys , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , and Talpa .

Internal Pterygoid Group