Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that participates in oral/pharyngeal behaviors, is innervated by masseteric nerve branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V), and attaches to mandible and zygomatic arch. [ MFMO:0000075 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icr067 ]
Synonyms: masseter
Term information
- VHOG:0000823
- MA:0002343
- FMA:48996
- EHDAA:10561
- Wikipedia:Masseter_muscle
- EMAPA:25135
- UMLS:C0024876 (ncithesaurus:Masseter_Muscle)
- NCIT:C13074
- MESH:D008406
- EFO:0001424
- BTO:0001755
- SCTID:181738000
- MFMO:0000075
- EHDAA2:0001067
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, feed_aligned, human_reference_atlas
The division of the adductor mandibulae in the various lines of tetrapod evolution correlates with divergences in their methods of feeding. (...) As the jaws become stronger and their movements more complex in the line of evolution toward mammals, the adductor complex becomes divided into several distinct muscles (temporalis, masseter, pterygoideus, tensor tympani, tensor veli palati).[well established][VHOG]
The masseter is a jaw muscle of therapsids derived from the m. adductor mandibulae externus, which originates in the adductor chamber (in the temporal fenestra) and inserts on the coronoid process and internal surface of the lower jaw.[Palaeos]
The division of the adductor mandibulae in the various lines of tetrapod evolution correlates with divergences in their methods of feeding. (...) As the jaws become stronger and their movements more complex in the line of evolution toward mammals, the adductor complex becomes divided into several distinct muscles (temporalis, masseter, pterygoideus, tensor tympani, tensor veli palati)
Term relations
- trigeminal nerve muscle and attached to some zygomatic arch and attached to some lateral surface of mandible
- masticatory muscle
- has muscle insertion some mandible
- has muscle origin some maxilla
- innervated_by some masseteric nerve
- part of some cheek
- has muscle origin some zygomatic arch