Jun 3
3 min read
Swiss Scientists Discover a New Muscle
It’s time to revise the anatomy textbooks
Scientists in Switzerland recently uncovered a part of the body that had never been described before: a deep layer of muscle in the masseter, which raises the lower jaw and is critical for chewing.
Modern anatomy textbooks describe the masseter muscle as having two layers, one deep and one superficial. “However, a few historical…
