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masseter muscle

Go to external page http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001597

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by masseteric nerve branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V), and attaches to mandible and zygomatic arch. [ https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr067 MFMO : 0000075 ]

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Term information

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, feed_aligned

definition
  • Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by masseteric nerve branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V), and attaches to mandible and zygomatic arch.
depicted by
  • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Illu_head_neck_muscle.jpg
has related synonym
  • musculus masseter
homology notes
  • The division of the adductor mandibulae in the various lines of tetrapod evolution correlates with divergences in their methods of feeding. (...) As the jaws become stronger and their movements more complex in the line of evolution toward mammals, the adductor complex becomes divided into several distinct muscles (temporalis, masseter, pterygoideus, tensor tympani, tensor veli palati).[well established][VHOG]
id
  • UBERON:0001597
see also
  • https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/540
taxon notes
  • The masseter is a jaw muscle of therapsids derived from the m. adductor mandibulae externus, which originates in the adductor chamber (in the temporal fenestra) and inserts on the coronoid process and internal surface of the lower jaw.[Palaeos]
  • The division of the adductor mandibulae in the various lines of tetrapod evolution correlates with divergences in their methods of feeding. (...) As the jaws become stronger and their movements more complex in the line of evolution toward mammals, the adductor complex becomes divided into several distinct muscles (temporalis, masseter, pterygoideus, tensor tympani, tensor veli palati)