THE PTERYGOIDEUS PROPRIUS MUSCLE REVISITED

Authors
PENHALL B TOWNSEND G TOMO S NAKAJIMA K
Citation
B. Penhall et al., THE PTERYGOIDEUS PROPRIUS MUSCLE REVISITED, Clinical anatomy, 11(5), 1998, pp. 332-337
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Clinical anatomy → ACNP
ISSN journal
08973806
Volume
11
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
332 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0897-3806(1998)11:5<332:TPPMR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The pterygoideus proprius muscle is an anomaly in the infratemporal fo ssa that has immovable attachments to the infratemporal crest and the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. We report the identifica tion of three cases of this anomaly, suggest its embryological origin, and speculate about its function. Clin. Anat. 11:332-337, 1998. (C) 1 998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.