title: Longitudinal growth of the lateral pterygoid muscle in human fetuses.
abstract: The length of the upper and lower heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle was estimated in 44 fetuses aged 9 to 35 weeks. The lower head of the muscle is always longer than the upper one. Intensive increase in the length of the muscle is observed between 11th and 20th week.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Academy of Medicine, Poznań.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Piatkowski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Woźniak
mesh_terms: D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011626:Pterygoid Muscles / Q000196:embryology*