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Mechanical properties of single motor units in the rabbit masseter muscle as a function of jaw position Positions and contractile properties of rabbit masseter motor units were investigated at different jaw gapes. Twitch responses were measured at gapes rangi... S Turkawski,TV Eijden - 《Experimental...
putative relationship between structure and function in the human masseter muscle as a basis for understanding function and dysfunction in human jaw muscles.In the first experiment single motor unit (SMU) activity was recorded from pairs of recording sites distributed throughout the masseter muscle. In...
Question: The muscle pointed is: a. depressor anguli oris b. levator labii superioris c. masseter d. orbicularis oris Facial Expression Smiling is considered a facial expression and is typically interpreted as a happy expression. There is much debate whether this...
It was concluded that: 1) radiopaque muscle markers are a valuable tool for analysis of muscle growth and alteration of muscle location; 2) the masseter muscle in the rhesus monkey undergoes elongation, probably due to addition of sarcomeres at the fiber-tendon junctions; and 3) posterior ...
16.1). A pair of monopolar electromyography (EMG) needle electrodes (in six patients) or a pair of hook wire electrodes (in four patients) were introduced at this location for electrically stimulating the masseteric nerve (Video 16.1 – supplementary material on the web). Muscle responses were ...
masseter muscleelectrical stimulationmandibular movementfunctional subdivisionhumanAnatomical and electromyographical evidence suggests a compartmentalized function of the human jaw-closing muscles during both static and dynamic motor tasks. However, the voluntary nature of these tasks hampers unequivocal ...