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The pterygoideus proprius muscle
Author(s) -
Barker B. C. W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1981.tb05228.x
Subject(s) - infratemporal fossa , cadaver , anatomy , crest , lateral pterygoid muscle , medicine , sphenoid bone , skull , quantum mechanics , condyle , physics
A bstract — An anomalous muscle was found in the infratemporal fossa of a male cadaver of advanced age. This formation passed between fixed bony attachments at the infratemporal crest (greater wing of the sphenoid) and the inferior part of the lateral pterygoid plate. The muscle was not atrophied but functional significance was not clear.