masseter muscle
Sign in to savestrongest muscle in the human body
Key facts
- Origin
- Zygomatic arch and maxillary process of zygomatic bone
- Insertion
- Angle surface of ramus of mandible , coronoid process
- Artery
- Masseteric artery
- Nerve
- Mandibular nerve (V3)
- Actions
- Elevation (as in closing of the mouth) and protrusion of mandible
- Latin
- musculus masseter
- Mesh
- D008406
- Ta98
- A04.1.04.002
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
8,499 papers- Ultrasound-Guided Botulinum Toxin-A Injections into the Masseter Muscle for Both Medical and Aesthetic Purposes.Toxins · 2024
- Masseter muscle measurement performed by ultrasound: a systematic review.Dento maxillo facial radiology · 2017
- Methods of Masseter and Temporal Muscle Thickness and Elasticity Measurements by Ultrasound Imaging: A Literature Review.Current medical imaging · 2021
- The Masseter Muscle and Its Role in Facial Contouring, Aging, and Quality of Life: A Literature Review.Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2019
- Developmental and functional considerations of masseter muscle partitioning.Archives of oral biology · 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Part of
- muscle of mastication
- Image
- Gray378.png
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- Commons category
- Masseter muscles
- arterial supply
- masseteric artery
- innervated by
- mandibular nerve
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Encyclopedic overview
In anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication. Found only in mammals, it is particularly powerful in herbivores to facilitate chewing of plant matter. The most obvious muscle of mastication is the masseter muscle, since it is the most superficial and one of the strongest.
Structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “masseter muscle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.