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Muscles of Mastication
face muscle for eating!
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
05/02/2011

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Term
Temporalis
Definition

O: temporal lines (front and parietal) and temporal fossa (frontal, sphenoid, malar, parietal, temporal)

 

I: coronoid process and anterior border of mandibular ramus

 

A: elevation of mandible (closing mouth)

Term
Masseter
Definition

O: zygomatic arch

 

I: lateral surface of mandibular ramus and gonial angle

 

A: elevate + protract mandible

Term
Medial Pterygoid
Definition

O: Medial surface of lat. pterygoid plate (shenoid), palatine, lateral surface of maxilla

 

I: medial surface of mandibular ramus and gonial angle

 

A: elevate mandible (close mouth)

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Lateral pterygoid
Definition

O: lateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate and greater wing

 

I: mandibular neck (below condyle) and articular disc and capsule of TMJ

 

A: side to side movement of mandible

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