Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the masseter: as, a masseteric vessel or nerve; the masseteric fascia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the masseter.
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- adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to the
masseter
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Examples
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From this the following curious formula has been deduced: If a kilogram of dog produces eight kilograms of masseteric force, a kilogram of crocodile could produce twelve.
Robur the Conqueror 2003
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The nerves of the temporomandibular joint are derived from the auriculotemporal and masseteric branches of the mandibular nerve, the arteries from the superficial temporal branch of the external carotid.
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Its branches are the masseteric, deep temporal, buccinator, and external pterygoid.
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The mandibular notch, separating the two processes, is a deep semilunar depression, and is crossed by the masseteric vessels and nerve.
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The posterior branch, of small size, is placed at the back of the temporal fossa, and sometimes arises in common with the masseteric nerve.
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Thus it receives the sphenopalatine, the middle meningeal, the deep temporal, the pterygoid, masseteric, buccinator, alveolar, and some palatine veins, and a branch which communicates with the ophthalmic vein through the inferior orbital fissure.
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It supplies the muscle, and anastomoses with the masseteric branches of the external maxillary and with the transverse facial artery.
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It is also joined by the superior and inferior palpebral, the superior and inferior labial, the buccinator and the masseteric veins.
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The Masseteric Nerve (n. massetericus) passes lateralward, above the Pterygoideus externus, in front of the temporomandibular articulation, and behind the tendon of the Temporalis; it crosses the mandibular notch with the masseteric artery, to the deep surface of the Masseter, in which it ramifies nearly as far as its anterior border.
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From this the following curious formula has been deduced: If a kilogram of dog produces eight kilograms of masseteric force, a kilogram of crocodile could produce twelve.
Robur the Conqueror Jules Verne 1866
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