"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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Masticatory Muscles" by people in Profiles.
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Jaw claudication in the era of carotid stenting. J Vasc Surg. 2011 Aug; 54(2):526-8.
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Computed tomographic appearance of masticatory myositis in dogs: 7 cases (1999-2006). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2007 Sep 15; 231(6):924-30.
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Percutaneous magnetic resonance image-guided biopsy and aspiration in the head and neck. Laryngoscope. 2000 Mar; 110(3 Pt 1):382-5.
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Masticator space abnormalities associated with mandibular osteoradionecrosis: MR and CT findings in five patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000 Jan; 21(1):175-8.
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Botulinum toxin A in patients with oromandibular dystonia: long-term follow-up. Neurology. 1999 Dec 10; 53(9):2102-7.
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Clinics in diagnostic imaging (20). Masseter muscle haemangioma. Singapore Med J. 1996 Dec; 37(6):659-62.
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Osseous and muscular changes after vertical ramus osteotomy. A magnetic resonance imaging study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1991 Aug; 72(2):139-45.