Dissection 11 Flashcards
Where is the Temporomandibular Joint located?
Between the mandibular fossa and the articular process of the mandible
How is an articular disk related to the TMJ?
It divides it into two cavities
Articular Tubercle
The TMJ joint glides forward along this when opening wide
Four main muscles of mastication
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Lateral Pterygoid
- Medial Pterygoid
What does the temporalis muscle connect to?
Side of head to the coronoid process
Elevates and retracts the mandible
What is the masseter muscle connected to?
Zygomatic arch to ramus and angle of mandible
Powerful elevator of the mandible
What does the medial pterygoid muscle connect to?
Lateral pterygoid plate to angle of the mandible
What does the lateral pterygoid muscle connect to?
Lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate to articular disk of TMJ
What muscles elevate the jaw?
- Masseter
- Temporalis
- Medial Pterygoid
What muscles depress the jaw?
Lateral Pterygoid
What muscles protract the jaw?
- Masseter
- Lateral Pterygoid
- Medial Pterygoid
What muscles retract the jaw?
Temporalis
What muscles move the jaw side to side?
- Temporalis
- Lateral Pterygoid
- Medial Pterygoid
What pharyngeal arch do the muscles of mastication come from?
First
Innervated by trigeminal nerve
Name the three branches of the trigeminal nerve.
- V1; Ophthalmic division
- V2; Maxillary division
- V3, Mandibular division