Muscles of Mastication Flashcards
1
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Masseter Muscle
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- Connects mandible & cheek bone
- Elevates mandible and closes mouth
2
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Temporalis Muscle
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- Large, fan shaped muscle
- Retracts and elevates mandible, side to side movement
3
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Medial Pterygoid
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- Connects mandible with maxilla, sphenoid & palatine bones
- Elevates mandible and protrudes jaw
4
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Lateral Pterygoid
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- Two- headed muscle located in infra temporal fossa of skull
- Depresses and protrudes mandible to open mouth
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