OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether vertical facial patterns influence maximal occlusal force (MOF), masticatory muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity, and medial mandibular ...

Introduction Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are musculoskeletal disorders characterised by jaw pain and typically temporomandibular joint limitations. Resistance training (RT) has been shown to be ...

The overactivity of the masticatory muscles (bruxism or teeth clenching) is associated with stress exposure, and often leading to consistent muscle pain. However, the neural mechanism underlining it ...

Masticatory muscles and cheek bones muscular system anatomy outline diagram. Labeled educational structure with medial pterygoid detailed medical description vector illustration. Anatomical model.

Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the jaw. Dolphins and whales use sound to communicate, ...

The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

Abstract: Automated segmentation of masticatory muscles is a challenging task considering ambiguous soft tissue attachments and image artifacts of low-radiation cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) ...

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Imaging aided in the diagnosis of a 26-year-old man's very unusual infratemporal fossa abscess that developed in the lateral pterygoid, a masticatory muscle, following wisdom tooth extraction. The ...