"Masseter Muscle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws.
| Descriptor ID |
D008406
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.600.500 A14.530.630
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| Concept/Terms |
Masseter Muscle- Masseter Muscle
- Masseter Muscles
- Muscle, Masseter
- Muscles, Masseter
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Masseter Muscle" by people in Profiles.
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Dual Innervation of Free Functional Muscle Flaps in Facial Paralysis. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Aug; 29(3):431-438.
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Association of Brain Atrophy and Masseter Sarcopenia With 1-Year Mortality in Older Trauma Patients. JAMA Surg. 2019 08 01; 154(8):716-723.
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Jaw dysfunction related to pterygoid and masseter muscle dosimetry after radiation therapy in children and young adults with head-and-neck sarcomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Jan 01; 82(1):355-60.
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Evaluation and treatment of zygomatic fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Dec; 120(7 Suppl 2):5S-15S.
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Injection of adjuvant but not acidic saline into craniofacial muscle evokes nociceptive behaviors and neuropeptide expression. Neuroscience. 2007 Nov 09; 149(3):650-9.
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Deep tissue inflammation upregulates neuropeptides and evokes nociceptive behaviors which are modulated by a neuropeptide antagonist. Pain. 2006 Jan; 120(1-2):53-68.
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Treating severe bruxism with botulinum toxin. J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Feb; 131(2):211-6.