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Zygomaticus Major (Henle) and Zygomaticus Minor

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Abstract

Zygomaticus major may be absent or doubled. Zygomaticus minor may be absent or it may be fused with zygomaticus major. In addition, the muscle may be doubled throughout or only at one end. Syn.: m. zygomaticus.

Zygomaticus major may be absent or doubled. Zygomaticus minor may be absent or it may be fused with zygomaticus major. In addition, the muscle may be doubled throughout or only at one end.

Syn.: m. zygomaticus.

Riferimenti dell’opera originale

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Anson, B.J., Ed. (1966) Morris' Human Anatomy,12th ed. The Blakiston Division, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.
Macalister, A. (1875) Additional observations on muscular anomalies in human anatomy (third series), with a catalogue of the principal muscular variations hitherto published. Trans. Roy. Irish Acad. Sci. 25:1-134.
Schaefer, E.A., Symington, J. and T.H. Bryce., Eds. (1923) Quain's Elements of Anatomy, 11th ed. Longmans, Green and Co., London.

Anatomical classification

Systems:: Muscular system

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Translation

Italian translation of «Zygomaticus Major (Henle) and Zygomaticus Minor — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/MuscularSystem/Text/Z/01Zygomaticus.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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