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Title

Chapter 7 Muscles and Joints

Description

Evangel University, Dr. Tenneson, in progress

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Subject

Medical

Level

Undergraduate 3

Created

02/03/2012

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Term

buccinator

Definition

the muscle located in the fleshy part of the cheek

BUCK-sin-ay-tor

Term

temporal muscle

Definition

located above and near the ear

Term

masseter muscle

Definition

located at the angle of the jaw, also raises the mandible and closes the jaw, used when biting and chewing

Term

sternocleidomastoid (sternomastoid)

Definition

extends from the sternum upward along the the side of the neck, bends the neck