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[Masticatory muscles. Part III. Biomechanics of the masticatory muscles].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
The masticatory muscles are able to produce forces. These forces may cause movements of the lower jaw. Furthermore, they can be applied by the teeth for the generation of bite or chewing forces. During these kind of processes the temporomandibular joints will be loaded also.
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[Myalgia of the masticatory muscles].

Schmerz (Berlin, Germany), 2009
Masticatory muscle pain can be regarded as a regional manifestation of musculoskeletal disorders similar to those observed in other body regions. Along with temporomandibular joint pain and some painless disturbances related to mandibular mobility they are subsumed under the term temporomandibular disorders (TMD).
H J, Schindler, J C, Türp
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Tendon entheses of the human masticatory muscles

Anatomy and Embryology, 2000
Tendons attach to the limb skeleton via chondral-apophysary or periosteal-diaphysary entheses. It was the aim of the present study to investigate the tendon entheses of the temporal, the masseter, as well as the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles, considering the biomechanics and the mode of osteogenesis at the attachment sites.
T, Hems, B, Tillmann
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[Masticatory muscles. Part I. Functional anatomy of the masticatory muscles].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
The anatomical design of the jaw-closing and jaw-opening muscles is of importance for their capability to produce forces and displacements. The length of the sarcomeres is a major determinant for both force and shortening range. The maximal work, force and shortening range each muscle is capable of producing, are proportional to the architectural ...
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Craniomandibular disorders and masticatory muscle function

European Journal of Oral Sciences, 1992
The heading craniomandibular disorder covers a wide range of abnormal and pathologic conditions accompanied by orofacial pain and impaired mandibular function, the masticatory muscles and the temporomandibular joints being the structures most frequently involved.
Bakke, M., Møller, E.
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The silent period duration of the masticatory muscles

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1989
This study was conducted to determine whether the reflex activity of the masticatory muscles is altered in prostheses wearers. The electromyographic silent period was measured on an oscilloscope screen. Thirty subjects were examined. Five subjects had natural dentitions. Twenty-five partially edentulous subjects wore removable prostheses.
M T, Verkindere, J P, Lodter
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The histochemistry of reactive masticatory muscle hypertrophy

Muscle & Nerve, 1996
There are two types of hypertrophy of the muscles of mastication in man: reactive hypertrophy, the more common form; and nonreactive enlargements-myositic, genetic, myopathic, and idiopathic. Reactive hypertrophy develops when the masticatory muscle workload is increased by local bone and dental disorders; such triggers are not powerful but act over ...
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[Masticatory muscles. Part II. Functional properties of the masticatory muscle fibers].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
The masticatory muscles in human beings and in other mammals show a number of specific adaptations. Their muscle fibres contain at least four different isoforms of myosin heavy chain (MHC) and many fibres express more than one kind simultaneously. This implicates a continuous range of fibre contraction speeds for these muscles.
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[Masticatory muscles. Part VI. Masticatory muscles and movement of the lower jaw].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor tandheelkunde, 2002
The movement paths of the kinematic center of the temporomandibular joint were recorded by means of a jaw movement recording system (OKAS-3D) under 3 conditions: 1. free open and close movements; 2. free opening and loaded closing movements (subjects closed against a small, manually applied, downward directed force on the chin); and 3.
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Growth and allometry in primate masticatory muscles

Archives of Oral Biology, 1984
A study of the dry weight of primate and non-primate masticatory musculature permitted possible allometric and ontogenetic influences on this musculature to be explored. Using weight as an indicator of adult body size, all of the masticatory muscles examined (anterior temporalis, posterior temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid, lateral pterygoid ...
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