Masseteric fascia

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The masseter muscle to the fascia masseterica covered is highlighted here in red.

The masseter fascia is the fascia of the masseter muscle . Its origins lie on the zygomatic arch , where it emerges from the temporal fascia , and on the frontal process of the upper jaw ( processus frontalis maxillae ). On the mandible , the fascia splits. One leaf merges caudally (rump), on the lower edge of the lower jaw, into the superficial neck fascia , the other extends over the medial pterygoid muscle . Laterally, the masseteric fascia connects with the parotid fascia . Together with the parotid fascia, it is also known as the parotideo-masseterica fascia .

literature

  • Angelika Strunk: Fascial Osteopathy: Basics and Techniques . 2nd Edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8304-7922-2 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Dorothea Prodinger-Glöckl: CMD in osteopathy: Interdisciplinary cooperation in orthodontics . Karl F. Haug Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-8304-7468-5 , pp. 174 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Wolfgang Daubner (founder: Heinz Feneis): Feneis' picture lexicon of anatomy . 9th edition. Georg Thieme Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-13-330109-8 , p. 96 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Fascia masseterica in Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company , accessed on November 27, 2015.