Exam 1 Flashcards
What axis does the Coronal (Frontal) Plane rotate around?
Sagittal Axis
What axis does the Horizontal Plane rotate around?
Vertical Axis
What axis does the Sagittal Plane rotate around?
Horizontal Axis
What protrudes, opens, and laterally moves mandible?
Lateral Pterygoid
What is the primary positioner, elevates, and retrudes the mandible?
Temporalis
What provides most masticatory forces, and elevates the mandible?
Masseter
What rotates and positions the head?
Posterior Neck Musculature
What elevates, protrudes, and laterally positions the mandible?
Medial Pterygoid
What restricts excessive mandibular movement?
Ligaments
What depresses the mandible, and raises the hyoid bone?
Digastric
What pulls the disk forward?
Lateral Pterygoid
The Greater the Immediate Bennett Side Shift of the mandible, the … the cusps must be and/or the … the fosse must be.
shorter; wider
The Lesser the Immediate Bennett Side Shift of the mandible, the … the cusps must be and/or the … the fosse must be.
longer; narrower
The Greater the Progressive Bennett Side Shift of the mandible the … the cusps must be.
shorter
The Lesser the Progressive Bennett Side Shift of the mandible the … the cusps must be.
longer