Length changes in the human masseter muscle after jaw movement

Anatomical Record

Volumn 262, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 293-300

  Goto, Tazuko K ^a   Langenbach, Geerling E J ^b   Hannam, Alan G ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human jaw muscles; Jaw movement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Masseter muscle; Muscle length; Muscle fiber length; Tendon length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ADULT; HUMANS; JAW; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; OPTICS; TENDONS;

EID: 0035282848     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0185(20010301)262:3<293::AID-AR1043>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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