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Analysis of the tendinous structure in human masticatory muscles
1Department of Anatomy, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, Nippon Dental University, Japan.
Acta Anatomica
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
In the masticatory muscles, the development of bundles of the tendon was examined: they were composed of many collagen fibers and a few elastic fibers. In the masseter muscle, the property of the tendon differs in the distribution and size of collagen fibers and elastic fibers in comparison with those of other masticatory muscles. This difference is concerned with the kinetic force for the stress or the stretch of each tendon and muscle during jaw movement.