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Anomalous muscle adjacent to temporalis
Author(s) -
Ullah Matee,
Khan Tanvir
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.20352
Subject(s) - temporalis muscle , medicine , muscles of mastication , infratemporal fossa , anatomy , temporal muscle , mastication , orthodontics , temporomandibular joint , skull
Temporalis is an important muscle of mastication. In recent years, there has been controversy about its detailed anatomy, and claims have been made about the existence of a variant muscle, sphenomandibularis. The present case report describes an anomalous muscle within the infratemporal fossa distinct from both temporalis and sphenomandibularis. Functionally the muscle could pull the buccinator laterally as the jaw closes. Clin. Anat. 19:648–650, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.