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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
The report of an allegedly so far unknown craniomandibular muscle ('the sphenomandibularis') in 1996 by Dunn and co-workers provoked much comment in journals and newspapers. The authors' hypothesized role of the 'm. sphenomandibularis' in temporomandibular disorders and headaches created hopes and expectations. The present article examines whether two detailed descriptions by Ramalho and co-workers [1978, in Portuguese], and by Zenker [1954, 1955, and 1956, in German] deal with the very same muscle. From the comparison of these descriptions it becomes evident that the 'm. sphenomandibularis' is not a new muscle, but corresponds to the 'medial portion' [Zenker], or 'deep portion' [Ramalho et al.] of the temporalis muscle. Further directed search identified descriptions of the muscle in question back into the 19th century.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
150-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Media hype: musculus sphenomandibularis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-1078, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review