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Descriptor English: Masticatory Muscles
Descriptor Spanish: Músculos Masticadores
Descriptor músculos masticadores
Entry term(s) músculos masticatorios
Scope note: Músculos insertados en el arco cigomático, cuya misión es el cierre de la mandíbula. Poseen inervación masetérica a partir de la división mandibular del nervio trigémino. (Traducción libre del original: Stedman, 25th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Músculos da Mastigação
Descriptor French: Muscles masticateurs
Entry term(s): Masticatory Muscle
Muscle, Masticatory
Muscles, Masticatory
Tree number(s): A02.633.567.600
A14.530
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008410
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; /growth: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coordinate with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8582
Unique ID: D008410
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Masticatory Muscles - Preferred
Concept UI M0013092
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Masticatory Muscles
Entry term(s) Masticatory Muscle
Muscle, Masticatory
Muscles, Masticatory



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