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masseter muscle
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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 ]
Term info
Label
masseter muscle
Synonyms
- masseter
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, feed_aligned
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Illu_head_neck_muscle.jpg
has obo namespace
uberon
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)