Longitudinal growth of the lateral pterygoid muscle in human fetuses.

Folia Morphol (Warsz)

Department of Anatomy, Academy of Medicine, Poznań.

Published: May 1993

The length of the upper and lower heads of the lateral pterygoid muscle was estimated in 44 fetuses aged 9 to 35 weeks. The lower head of the muscle is always longer than the upper one. Intensive increase in the length of the muscle is observed between 11th and 20th week.

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