Anomalous muscle adjacent to temporalis.
Temporalis is an important muscle of mastication. In recent years, there has been controversy about its detailed anatomy, and claims have been made about the existence of a variant muscle, sphenomandibularis. The present case report describes an anomalous muscle within the infratemporal fossa distinct from both temporalis and sphenomandibularis. Functionally the muscle could pull the buccinator laterally as the jaw closes.
Ullah
Matee
M
Academic Department of Anatomy and Human Sciences, Guy's, King's and St Thomas's School of Medicine, King's College, London, United Kingdom. matee.ullah@kcl.ac.uk
Khan
Tanvir
T
D000368:Aged; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000033:anatomy & histology*