Medical Must-See: A newly discovered body part for the new year
Its discovery is a jaw-dropper, although its function is the very opposite
Just when anatomical researchers thought they knew the human body like the back of their hand, it went and surprised them again — this time, with a brand-new part of the jaw.
The subject of much speculation, the possible existence of a third layer in the masseter muscle — the most prominent of the masticatory muscles — has been alluded to in the odd historical text, with conflicting reports never quite pinning down its position.
