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  • Title: Proprioceptive innervation of the masticatory muscles in Pinché.
    Author: Kubota K, Masegi T.
    Journal: J Dent Res; 1975; 54(4):788-96. PubMed ID: 125772.
    Abstract:
    This study of the masticatory muscles of the primate showed that the temporal muscle contained 107 muscle spindles, 45 in the horizontal portion and 62 in the vertical portion; the masseter muscle contained 70, 58 in the profundus portion and 12 in the superficial portion; the medial pterygoid muscle contained 15; the lateral pterygoid muscle contained 6; and the zygomaticomandibular muscle contained 9. The muscle spindles were located around the coronoid process and mandibular ramus.
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