Differences in Fibre Type Composition Between Human Masseter and Biceps Muscles in Young and Adults Reveal Unique Masseter Fibre Type Growth Pattern

Muscle Spindle Composition and Distribut

Muscle Spindle Composition and Distribution in Human Young Masseter and Biceps Brachii Muscles Reveal Early Growth and Maturation

✍ Catharina Österlund; Jing-Xia Liu; Lars-Eric Thornell; Per-Olof Eriksson 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Wiley (John Wiley & Sons) 🌐 English ⚖ 575 KB

## Abstract Significant changes in extrafusal fiber type composition take place in the human masseter muscle from young age, 3–7 years, to adulthood, in parallel with jaw‐face skeleton growth, changes of dentitions and improvement of jaw functions. As motor and sensory control systems of muscles ar