Significance of the juxtaoral organ (of Chievitz)

Head and Neck

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 400-405

  Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Balogh, Karoly ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Buccal nerve; Chievitz; Juxtaoral; Mechanosensor; Oral; Perineural

Indexed keywords

BUCCAL NERVE; CARCINOMA; CHEEK; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; JUXTAORAL ORGAN OF CHIEVITZ; MANDIBLE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ANIMALS; CHEEK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 0037405797     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10209     Document Type: Review

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