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J Dent Res 54(4): 788-796, 1975
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Proprioceptive Innervation of the Masticatory Muscles in Pinché

KINZIRO KUBOTA 1 and TOSHIAKI MASEGI 1

1 Anatomy Section, Institute of Stomatognathic Science, School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima, Tokyo 113, Japan

This study of the masticatory muscles of the primate showed that the temporal muscle contained 107 muscle spindles, 45 in the horizontal portion and 62 in the vertical portion; the masseter mascle contained 70, 58 in the profundus portion and 12 in the superficial portion; the medial pterygoid muscle contained 15; the lateral pterygoid muscle contained 6; and the zygomaticomandibular muscle contained 9. The muscle spindles were located around the coronoid process and mandibular ramus.

Submitted on July 9, 1974
Accepted on January 8, 1975






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