Anatomical and electromyographic studies of the lateral pterygoid muscle
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- DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.1987.tb00738.x
Anatomical and electromyographic studies of the lateral pterygoid muscle
Abstract
The relationships of the lateral pterygoid muscle within the infratemporal fossa were observed by conventional dissections and by examination of specimens sectioned in the horizontal and frontal planes. The following less well-known features were noted. At the origins of the superior and inferior heads there are regions in which the fibres are interlaced or closely overlapped by fibres of either the temporalis muscle or the medial pterygoid muscle. Fibres of the superior head insert not only into the meniscus of the temporomandibular joint, but also into the pterygoid fovea at the neck of the mandibular condyle. Specimens sectioned through the origin of the inferior head of the muscle show internal tendon lamellae consistent with a pennate structure. Electromyographic (EMG) activity was recorded in five healthy subjects using concentric needle and fine-wire electrodes. Strong to very strong activity was consistently observed in the superior head during clenching and tooth gnashing. The inferior heads were silent or had negligible to slight activity most of the time during ipsilateral movements or clenching, but were co-activated bilaterally, with strong to very strong activity during jaw opening, protrusion, swallowing, tooth gnashing and during passive retrusion. They showed marked activity unilaterally during contralateral movements.
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