"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 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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The impact of measurement technique and sampling on estimates of skeletal muscle fibre architecture. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2024 Sep; 307(9):3071-3084.
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Gape drives regional variation in temporalis architectural dynamics in tufted capuchins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 12 04; 378(1891):20220550.
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Differences in muscle mechanics underlie divergent optimality criteria between feeding and locomotor systems. J Anat. 2020 12; 237(6):1072-1086.
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Jaw Elevator Muscle Coordination during Rhythmic Mastication in Primates: Are Triplets Units of Motor Control? Brain Behav Evol. 2020; 95(1):1-14.
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Jaw-Muscle Fiber Architecture and Leverage in the Hard-Object Feeding Sooty Mangabey are not Structured to Facilitate Relatively Large Bite Forces Compared to Other Papionins. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2018 02; 301(2):325-342.
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Evaluating the triplet hypothesis during rhythmic mastication in primates. J Exp Biol. 2018 01 16; 221(Pt 2).
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RimabotulinumtoxinB versus OnabotulinumtoxinA in the treatment of masseter hypertrophy: a 24-week double-blind randomized split-face study. Dermatology. 2013; 226(3):227-32.
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Temporalis function in anthropoids and strepsirrhines: an EMG study. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2005 Sep; 128(1):35-56.
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Modeling elastic properties in finite-element analysis: how much precision is needed to produce an accurate model? Anat Rec A Discov Mol Cell Evol Biol. 2005 Apr; 283(2):275-87.
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Electromyography of the anterior temporalis and masseter muscles of owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) and the function of the postorbital septum. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2000 Aug; 112(4):455-68.