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Structure of temporalis muscle

Known as: Temporal Muscles, Temporalis muscle, Muscle, Temporal 
A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Genesis of sleep bruxism: motor and autonomic-cardiac interactions.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Maximal bite forces in healthy young adults as predicted by surface electromyography.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effects of increased hardness on jaw movement and muscle activity during chewing of visco-elastic model foods
Abstract. When food is chewed, sensory feedback adapts the motor program to the characteristics of the food. However, the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Surgical decompression for traumatic brain swelling: indications and results.
OBJECT Decompressive craniectomy has been performed since 1977 in patients with traumatic brain injury. The authors assess the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Septal perforation repair with acellular human dermal allograft.
BACKGROUND Connective tissue autografts are commonly used as interpositional grafts between septal flaps in the repair of septal… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The extended frontal approach to tumors of the anterior, middle, and posterior skull base.
The extended frontal approach is a modification of the transbasal approach of Derome. The addition of a bilateral orbitofrontal… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Localization of masticatory motoneurons in the cat and rat by means of retrograde axonal transport of horseradish peroxidase
Topographical localization of motoneurons supplying the masticatory muscles was investigated in the cat and rat, utilizing… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Lip and jaw motor control during speech: responses to resistive loading of the jaw.
Resistive loads were applied to the jaw during speech production. Loads were initiated during the jaw closing movement associated… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Relation between facial morphology and activity of the masticatory muscles.
Summary The relation between muscle activity and facial morphology was studied in twenty-five boys and twenty-seven girls, aged… 
Review
1947
Review
1947
The relation of the temporal muscle to the form of the skull
The possibility that the temporal muscles may affect the form of the brain case has been recognized for many years. The matter… 
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