The morphology of the mouse masticatory musculature

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-60

  Baverstock, Hester ^a   Jeffery, Nathan S ^b   Cobb, Samuel N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced; Jaw closing muscles; Masseter; Micro computed tomography; Murine; Mus musculus; Muscular anatomy; Pterygoid; Temporalis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TENDON; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ZYGOMA;

ANIMALS; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84878955616     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12059     Document Type: Article

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