Masseter: Difference between revisions
Crusade: sourced article, infobox, inline refs |
MOS: infobox header image, body section, inline refs, categories |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Jaw-closing muscle; width, clench, and neuromodulator target}} | {{Short description|Jaw-closing muscle; width, clench, and neuromodulator target}} | ||
{{Infobox term | {{Infobox term | ||
| image = Gray381.png | |||
| caption = Masseter, from Gray's ''Anatomy'' (1918, public domain on Commons). | |||
| alt = Masseter muscle, Gray 1918 | |||
| name = Masseter | | name = Masseter | ||
| also = masseter muscle | | also = masseter muscle | ||
| Line 9: | Line 12: | ||
Clench, gum, and hard food load the muscle. A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone, not bone alone. Slimming injections are medicine with a bite-force tradeoff; they are not a [[custom jawline implant]]. | Clench, gum, and hard food load the muscle. A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone, not bone alone. Slimming injections are medicine with a bite-force tradeoff; they are not a [[custom jawline implant]]. | ||
== In looksmaxxing == | |||
Hypertrophy widens the lower face at the [[gonial angle]]; a neuromodulator can slim that width at the cost of bite force.<ref name="gray" /> A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone. Injections are medicine. They are not a [[custom jawline implant]]. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:06, 11 September 2026
 Masseter, from Gray's Anatomy (1918, public domain on Commons).
| |
| Field | Anatomy |
|---|---|
| Also known as | masseter muscle
|
| Related | Mandible; Gonial angle; Neuromodulator; Bigonial width |
The masseter is the thick muscle at the back of the cheek that closes the jaw.[1] Hypertrophy makes the lower face look wider at the gonial angle; atrophy or neuromodulator (“jaw Botox”) can slim that width. Looksmaxxing talks about masseter as a bigonial width knob.
Clench, gum, and hard food load the muscle. A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone, not bone alone. Slimming injections are medicine with a bite-force tradeoff; they are not a custom jawline implant.
In looksmaxxing
Hypertrophy widens the lower face at the gonial angle; a neuromodulator can slim that width at the cost of bite force.[1] A square jaw on camera is often masseter plus fat plus bone. Injections are medicine. They are not a custom jawline implant.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Gray. Gray's Anatomy. 20th American ed. Lea & Febiger. 1918. Retrieved 11 September 2026.