A VARIETY OF NUMBER OF HEAD OF EXTERNAL PTERYGOID MUSCLE

Cho,  Han-June; Lee,  Young-Soo

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 10(5); 1972 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1972;10(5):305-306.
Published online May 31, 1972.

외측익돌근에 있어서 기두수의 변이

조한준¹, 이영수²

^¹서울대학교 치과대학 구강해부학교실
^²서울대학교 치과대학 구강해부학교실

A VARIETY OF NUMBER OF HEAD OF EXTERNAL PTERYGOID MUSCLE

Han-June Cho¹, Young-Soo Lee²

¹Department of Oral Anatomy, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University
²Department of Oral Anatomy, College of Dentistry, Seoul National University

Abstract

Authors observed the variety of number of head of external pterygoid muscle from 70 Korean subjects. 1) The number of head of external pterygoid muscle were divided into several types. The two heads was the most common type and 1.4% in one head and 5.7% in three heads. 2) No significantly different data were found between the Korean and the Japanese.