pterygoid muscle vs skeletal muscle

pterygoid muscle and skeletal muscle both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pterygoid muscle	Yes	No	No	No
skeletal muscle	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, skeletal muscle is a hypernym of pterygoid muscle; that is, skeletal muscle is a word with a broader meaning than pterygoid muscle:

pterygoid muscle: muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw
skeletal muscle: a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes

Other hypernyms of pterygoid muscle include striated muscle.

pterygoid muscle (noun)	skeletal muscle (noun)
muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw	a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes

pterygoid muscle vs skeletal muscle

pterygoid muscle and skeletal muscle both are nouns.

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