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MeSH Heading: Masseter Muscle
Tree Number(s): A02.633.567.600.500; A14.530.630
Unique ID: D008406
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008406
Annotation: /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /‌embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Scope Note: A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws.
Previous Indexing: Masticatory Muscles (1966-1979); Muscles (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MASTICATORY MUSCLES 1980-90
History Note: 91(80); was see under MASTICATORY MUSCLES 1980-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/03/12
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Masseter Muscle MeSH Descriptor Data 2024