title: Analysis of the tendinous structure in human masticatory muscles.
abstract: In the masticatory muscles, the development of bundles of the tendon was examined: they were composed of many collagen fibers and a few elastic fibers. In the masseter muscle, the property of the tendon differs in the distribution and size of collagen fibers and elastic fibers in comparison with those of other masticatory muscles. This difference is concerned with the kinetic force for the stress or the stretch of each tendon and muscle during jaw movement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ezure
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013710:Tendons / Q000033:anatomy & histology*