Muscle Action on Mandible Flashcards by Dakota Miller | Brainscape

Q

Muscles responsible for Elevation

A

medial pterygoid
masseter
temporalis

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Muscles responsible for Depression

A

lateral pterygoid
geniohyoid
digastric
mylohyoid
infrahyoid muscles (secondarily by fixing the hyoid)

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Muscles responsible for Protrusion

A

pterygoids (medial and lateral)

- masseter

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Q

Muscles responsible for Retrusion

A

temporalis

- masseter

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Q

Muscles responsible for Side-to-side

A

pterygoids (medial and lateral)
masseter
temporalis

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