The sphenomandibularis is a muscle attaching to the sphenoid bone and the mandible.[1][2] It is a muscle of mastication.[3] Unlike most of the muscles of the human body, which had been categorized several centuries ago, the sphenomandibularis was discovered in the mid-1990s at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.[4][5] The findings were published in 1996. The sphenomandibularis is considered by many sources to be a portion of the temporalis, rather than a distinct muscle.[4][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Dunn GF, Hack GD, Robinson WL, Koritzer RT (1996). "Anatomical observation of a craniomandibular muscle originating from the skull base: the sphenomandibularis". Cranio. 14 (2): 97–103, discussion 104–5. doi:10.1080/08869634.1996.11745955. PMID 8949864.
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  3. ^ Geers C, Nyssen-Behets C, Cosnard G, Lengelé B (2005). "The deep belly of the temporalis muscle: an anatomical, histological and MRI study". Surg Radiol Anat. 27 (3): 184–91. doi:10.1007/s00276-004-0306-3. PMID 15821860. S2CID 21861218.
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  5. ^ Leary, Warren E. (1996-02-13). "Revision for Gray's Anatomy? New Muscle Found Deep in Skull". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  6. ^ Türp JC, Cowley T, Stohler CS (1997). "Media hype: musculus sphenomandibularis". Acta Anat (Basel). 158 (2): 150–4. doi:10.1159/000147925. PMID 9311425.
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