Wing muscle

As a wing muscle several wing-shaped muscles are called.

• In vertebrates:
  • The wing muscles ( musculus pterygoideus ) of the masticatory muscles:
    • Musculus pterygoideus lateralis ("lateral or outer wing muscle")
    • Musculus pterygoideus medialis ("inner wing muscle")
• In invertebrates:
  • The wing muscles attached to the side of the heart in insects, see wing muscles (insects)

In addition, the muscles of the flight muscles of flying animals are sometimes referred to as wing muscles, see:

• Wings (bird) #Musculature, tendons and ligaments
• Bats # extremities
• Insect flight # flight muscles

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.