The sphenomandibularis is a
muscle attaching to the
sphenoid bone and the
mandible.[1][2] It is a
muscle of mastication.[3] Unlike most of the muscles of the human body, which had been categorized several centuries ago, the sphenomandibularis was discovered in the mid-1990s at the
University of Maryland at Baltimore.[4][5] The findings were published in 1996. The sphenomandibularis is considered by many sources to be a portion of the
temporalis, rather than a distinct muscle.[4][6][7]
References
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doi:
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^Geers C, Nyssen-Behets C, Cosnard G, Lengelé B (2005). "The deep belly of the temporalis muscle: an anatomical, histological and MRI study". Surg Radiol Anat. 27 (3): 184–91.
doi:
10.1007/s00276-004-0306-3.
PMID15821860.
S2CID21861218.