Tensor muscle information

The tensor tympani is a muscle within the middle ear, located in the bony canal above the bony part of the auditory tube, and connects to the malleus bone...

A tensor muscle has the function of tensing (stretching or tightening) a part and may refer to: Tensor fasciae latae muscle Tensor tympani muscle Tensor...

The tensor veli palatini muscle (tensor palati or tensor muscle of the velum palatinum) is a thin, triangular muscle of the head that tenses the soft palate...

The tensor fasciae latae (or tensor fasciæ latæ or, formerly, tensor vaginae femoris) is a muscle of the thigh. Together with the gluteus maximus, it...

The cricothyroid muscle is the only tensor muscle of the larynx aiding with phonation. It is innervated by the superior laryngeal nerve. Its action tilts...

tensor vastus intermedius was given by Grob et al. in 2016, although the structure had been reported previously. The tensor vastus intermedius muscle...

studies have confirmed the presence of a sixth muscle, the tensor vastus intermedius. While this muscle has a variable presentation, it consistently originates...

The muscles of the hip consist of four main groups The gluteal muscles include the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, and tensor fasciae...

Tonic tensor tympani syndrome is a disease of the tensor tympani muscle, described by Klochoff et al. in 1971. It involves a decrease in the contraction...

trigeminal nerve (V). This also supplies the tensor tympani muscle and the tensor veli palatini muscle. The medial pterygoid nerve is a main trunk from...

these muscles derive from the hyoid arch and are innervated by cranial nerve VII. Hearing Middle ear Ossicles Tensor tympani – the other major muscle in...

guarding is the tensing of the abdominal wall muscles to guard inflamed organs within the abdomen from the pain of pressure upon them. The tensing is detected...

contracting the tensor tympani muscle of the middle ear. The rumbling sound can also be heard when the neck or jaw muscles are highly tensed.[citation needed]...

the middle ear away from the oval window of the cochlea and the tensor tympani muscle stiffens the ossicular chain by loading the tympanic membrane when...

opposite muscle in the middle line. The anterior fasciculus, the thicker, lies in the soft palate between the levator and tensor veli palatini muscles, and...

muscle (via the nerve to tensor veli palatini). The tensor veli palati muscle is the only of the five paired skeletal muscles to the soft palate not innervated...

nerve. These muscles include all the muscles of mastication, the anterior belly of the digastric, the mylohyoid, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini...

more gradient directions, sufficient to compute the diffusion tensor. The diffusion tensor model is a rather simple model of the diffusion process, assuming...

lumborum muscle, informally called the QL, is a paired muscle of the left and right posterior abdominal wall. It is the deepest abdominal muscle, and commonly...

the two sides of the rectus abdominis muscle. The distance between the right and left rectus abdominis muscles is created by the stretching of the linea...

Look up tense in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tense may refer to: Tense, a state of muscle contraction Grammatical tense, a property of verbs indicating...

of the major muscle. The posterior dorsal hip muscles are inserted on or directly below the greater trochanter of the femur. The tensor fasciae latae...

relieve the tension in specific muscle groups by first tensing and then relaxing each muscle group. When the muscle tension is released, attention is...

The rectus femoris muscle is one of the four quadriceps muscles of the human body. The others are the vastus medialis, the vastus intermedius (deep to...

Innervation - Muscles of mastication) Masseteric nerve Masseter muscle Medial pterygoid nerve Medial pterygoid muscle Tensor tympani msucle Tensor veli palatini...

(2002-06-01). "Functional Anatomy of Levator Veli Palatini Muscle and Tensor Veli Palatini Muscle in Association with Eustachian Tube Cartilage". Annals of...

attachment for the inguinal ligament, and the sartorius muscle. The tensor fasciae latae muscle attaches to the lateral aspect of the superior anterior...

The iliopsoas muscle (/ˌɪlioʊˈsoʊ.əs/; from Latin: ile, lit. 'groin' and Ancient Greek: ψόᾱ, romanized: psóā, lit. 'muscles of the loins') refers to the...

gluteus minimus, or glutæus minimus, the smallest of the three gluteal muscles, is situated immediately beneath the gluteus medius. It is fan-shaped,...