"Masticatory Muscles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D008410
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.600 A14.530
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| Concept/Terms |
Masticatory Muscles- Masticatory Muscles
- Masticatory Muscle
- Muscle, Masticatory
- Muscles, Masticatory
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