 Masticatory Muscles
"Masticatory Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
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D008410
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.600 A14.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Masticatory Muscles- Masticatory Muscles
- Masticatory Muscle
- Muscle, Masticatory
- Muscles, Masticatory
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Masticatory Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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Davis CE, Carlson CR, Studts JL, Curran SL, Hoyle RH, Sherman JJ, Okeson JP. Use of a structural equation model for prediction of pain symptoms in patients with orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders. J Orofac Pain. 2010; 24(1):89-100.
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Carlson CR, Reid KI, Curran SL, Studts J, Okeson JP, Falace D, Nitz A, Bertrand PM. Psychological and physiological parameters of masticatory muscle pain. Pain. 1998 Jun; 76(3):297-307.
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Hanken J, Klymkowsky MW, Alley KE, Jennings DH. Jaw muscle development as evidence for embryonic repatterning in direct-developing frogs. Proc Biol Sci. 1997 Sep 22; 264(1386):1349-54.
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Carlson CR, Sherman JJ, Studts JL, Bertrand PM. The effects of tongue position on mandibular muscle activity. J Orofac Pain. 1997; 11(4):291-7.
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O'Rourke D, Harsh J, Cantrell P, Badia P, Purzycki E, Culpepper J, Purvis B. Control of masseter muscle tension during sleep. Biol Psychol. 1987 Aug; 25(1):11-22.
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Mosby EL, Hiatt WR. Apertognathia: its challenge and conquest. Report of a case. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1977 May; 43(5):658-64.
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