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Identification
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| Official Latin term |
musculus masseter (par) 
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| Official subsidiary term |
masseter muscle (pair)
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| Unit identifier | TAH:U1727 |
| Unit type | pair |
| Materiality | material |
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Navigation
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| Link to the unit |
musculus masseter (par)
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| Entity-oriented links | Universal page Definition page |
| External links | Gray 1918 TA98 FMA PubMed Wikipedia Science Direct AnatoNomina |
| Partonomic links | Level 2: pars capitis muscularis Short Extended |
| Level 3: musculi masticatorii (par) | |
| Taxonomic links | Level 1: organum Short Extended |
| Taxonomic links | Level 2: organum musculus Short Extended |
| Level 3: musculus faciei | |
| Level 4: musculus masticatorius | |
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Taxonomic definition
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| Taxonomic definition |
A masseter muscle is a masticatory muscle [musculus masticatorius ] which raises the mandible [mandibula ].
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| THIS | musculus masseter |
| Genus | THIS isa musculus masticatorius |
| Defining property 1 | THIS temporal process of zygomatic bone Invalid 1727 Invalid 719 |
| Defining property 2 | THIS masseteric tuberosity Invalid 1727 |
| Defining property 3 | THIS isActingon mandible Invalid 1727 Invalid 726 |
| Autogenerated definition | A masseter muscle is a masticatory muscle [musculus masticatorius] which has origin temporal process of zygomatic bone [processus temporalis ossis zygomatici] and has insertion masseteric tuberosity [tuberositas masseterica] and elevates mandible [mandibula] |
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Partonomy
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| TAH:E10200 |
 corpus humanum top
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| TAH:U1623 | |
| TAH:U15209 | |
| TAH:U1673 | |
| TAH:U1713 | |
| TAH:U1727 |
musculus masseter (par) UOV
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| TAH:U1714 | |
| TAH:U1715 |
| Total |
2 children
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Taxonomy
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| FMA:62955 | |
| FMA:61775 | |
| FMA:67165 | |
| FMA:305751 | |
| FMA:67135 | |
| FMA:67498 | |
| FMA:55670 | |
| FMA:55665 | |
| FMA:5022 | |
| FMA:9616 | |
| FMA:46751 | |
| TAH1713 | |
| FMA:46751 | |
| FMA:48996 |
musculus masseter
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| Date: 25.11.2025 |