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	Mastication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chewing food is a complex motor function, muscles need to be powerful enough to break tough portions of food, yet have enough dexterity to not injure the tongue, and to clear the mouth completely.
		The primary muscles of mastication, each of which is paired, are the temporalis, masseter, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid.
		It is thought that feedback from proprioceptive nerves in teeth and the temporomandibular joints govern the creation of neural pathways, which in turn determine duration and force of individual muscle activation (and in some cases muscle fibre groups as in the masseter and temporalis).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chewing (471 words)

	Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body - The Exterior of the Skull - Yahoo! Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The lateral pterygoid plate is broad; its lateral surface forms the medial boundary of the infratemporal fossa, and affords attachment to the Pterygoideus externus.
		Below and lateral to the anterior nasal aperture are the anterior surfaces of the maxillæ, each perforated, near the lower margin of the orbit, by the infraorbital foramen for the passage of the infraorbital nerve and vessels.
		The lateral wall and the floor are separated posteriorly by the inferior orbital fissure which transmits the maxillary nerve and its zygomatic branch, the infraorbital vessels, and the ascending branches from the sphenopalatine ganglion.
	messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/gray/subjects/subject?id=46 (4150 words)

	Glaossary of Terms Orthognathics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The muscle that closes the mouth and is in principle muscle in mastication.
		Muscle in the temporal fossa the elevates the mandible.
		An inability to open the mouth due to muscle spasms, injury, a formation of scar tissues in the muscles of the jaws, or a bony union (ankylosis) in the temporomandibular joint - jaw joint.
	www.5starhealth.com /dentistry/orthognathic/glossary.htm (4777 words)

	biology - List of muscles of the human body
		2 The muscles of the anterolateral region of the neck
		The muscles of the anterolateral region of the neck
		The muscles of the shoulder and musculotendinous cuff
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/List_of_muscles_of_the_human_body (102 words)

	UCLA Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Interdepartmental Program -- Homepage of Scott Chandler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lambert, R.W., Goldberg, L.J., and Chandler, S.H. Comparison of mandibular movement trajectories and associated pattern of oral muscle EMG activity during spontaneous and apomorphine-induced rhythmic jaw movements in the anesthetized guinea pig J. Neurophysiology 55: 301-319.
		Lambert, R.W., Goldberg, L.J., and Chandler, S.H. The relationship between cortically-induced mandibular movements and lateral pterygoid and digastric muscle EMG activity in the anesthetized guinea pig Brain Research 329: 7-17.
		Goldberg, L.J., Lambert, R.W., and Chandler, S.H. Role of the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles in producing the lateral components of spontaneous rhythmic jaw movments in the guinea pig Soc.
	www.mcip.ucla.edu /mcipfacultyindiv.php?FacultyKey=2286 (2393 words)

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