"Temporal Muscle" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible.
| Descriptor ID |
D013703
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.633.567.600.850 A14.530.940
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| Concept/Terms |
Temporal Muscle- Temporal Muscle
- Muscle, Temporal
- Muscles, Temporal
- Temporal Muscles
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Temporal Muscle" by people in Profiles.
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Craniofacial pain in COVID-19 patients with diabetes mellitus: Clinical and laboratory description of 21 cases. J Med Virol. 2021 05; 93(5):2616-2619.
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Assessment of Masticatory and Cervical Muscles' Thickness by Ultrasonography in Patients with Facial Asymmetry. Clin Ter. 2019 Jul-Aug; 170(4):e272-e277.
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Topographical Pressure Pain Sensitivity Maps of the Temporalis Muscle in People with Frequent Episodic and Chronic Tension-Type Headache. Pain Pract. 2017 11; 17(8):1050-1057.
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Bilateral, wide-spread, mechanical pain sensitivity in children with frequent episodic tension-type headache suggesting impairment in central nociceptive processing. Cephalalgia. 2010 Sep; 30(9):1049-55.