masseter muscle

The masseter muscle is sometimes the target of plastic jaw reduction surgery.

In response, the masseter muscles will jerk the mandible upwards.

In addition, their mouth has overdeveloped masseter muscles which allow a much stronger bite.

The location these carnassial pairs is determined primarily by the masseter muscle.

This means it has no specialized attachments for the masseter muscles as seen in other rodents.

A wide lower face can primarily be caused by enlargement of the mandible or masseter muscle.

The medial masseter muscle goes through the eye socket, a feature unique among mammals.

The zygomatic arch is robust and provides a large area for attachment of the masseter muscle.

The masseter muscles are highly developed compared to other canid species, giving the face an almost hyena-like appearance.

The term is derived from sub- meaning "under" in Latin and masseteric which refers to the masseter muscle.

Both their medial and lateral masseter muscles are displaced forward, making them adept at gnawing.

Their robust skull architecture and shortened face has been thought to be related to increased masseter muscles used to chew foods.

The masseter muscle does not pass through the infraorbital canal; it cannot due to the position of the canal.

The masseter muscle does attach directly behind the zygomatic arch in a manner very different from sciuromorphs.

'As you can see, I've already finished the large masseter muscles of the jaw and the muscles of the neck.

Here the nerve stimulator can be used in identifying the donor motor nerve to the masseter muscle.

Likewise, treating the masseter muscle may damage the salivary glands superficial to this muscle.

AVE at 10 Hz produced deep masseter muscle relaxation and finger warming within six minutes.

The tension was not in his limbs but in his face, in the masseter muscles of his jaws.

The medial masseter muscle shows only minimal passage through the infraorbital foramen leading most authorities to consider them protrogomorphous.

This condition is similar to what is found in most mammal groups, such as rabbits, where no extreme specialization of the masseter muscle has evolved.

At least in primates, it is a specialized muscle protein found only in the temporalis and masseter muscles of the jaw.

The infraorbital canal is enlarged, presumably allowing for the passage of the medial masseter muscle as with other hystricomorphs.

Conversely, while a masseter muscle can be large due to congenital reasons, it can commonly be an acquired deformity.

A sciuromorphous zygomasseteric system is characterized by attachment of the lateral masseter muscle along the side of the rostrum.