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Masseter muscle structure

Known as: Masseter Muscles, Musculus masseter, Muscle, Masseter 
Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. (MeSH)
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyCheek structureClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

Narrower (3)

Left masseterMasticatory Muscles, Hypertrophy ofRight masseter

Broader (1)

Masticatory muscles

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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Concentration of free amino acids and dipeptides in porcine skeletal muscles with different oxidative patterns.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Muscle force recruitment and biomechanical modeling: an analysis of masseter muscle function during mastication in Macaca fascicularis.
The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that as subjects chew with increasing levels of force, the ratio of the… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Distribution of the human jaw stretch reflex response elicited by percutaneous, localized stretch of jaw-closing muscles
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Relationship between occlusal contacts and jaw-closing muscle activity during tooth clenching: Part II.
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Masseter inhibitory periods and sensations evoked by electrical tooth pulp stimulation
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Discharge of spindle afferents from jaw-closing muscles during chewing in alert monkeys.
The discharge of muscle spindle afferents from monkey spindle afferents from monkey jaw-closing muscles was studied during… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Load compensation in human masseter muscles.
The reaction of masseter and digastric muscles to changes in the load applied during a movement was studied in human volunteers… 
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Inhibitory effects on jaw muscle activity of innocuous and noxious stimulation of facial and intraoral sites in man.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
On the triple localization of creatine kinase in heart and skeletal muscle cells of the rat: evidence for the existence of myofibrillar and mitochondrial isoenzymes.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Receptors involved in the response of the masseter muscle to tooth contact in man.
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