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  • Title: The development of the temporomandibular joint: a review with regard to the lateral pterygoid muscle.
    Author: Naidoo LC.
    Journal: J Dent Assoc S Afr; 1993 Apr; 48(4):189-94. PubMed ID: 9511634.
    Abstract:
    This review sets out to explore the relationship between the lateral pterygoid muscle and the meniscus. It examines the embryological evidence to explain the controversy surrounding the apparent morphological discrepancy in the attachment of the lateral pterygoid muscle to the meniscus. It shows that the contribution of the lateral pterygoid muscle to the formation of the meniscus remains in dispute. Morphogenetic studies have not been able to support either one or other viewpoint and no direct conclusions can therefore be made on the embryology of the temporomandibular joint.
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