chewing
chewing
The insertion of the temporalis muscle is on the coronoid process of the mandible.
The antagonist for the mandible is the temporalis muscle. It is responsible for closing the jaw while the mandible is involved in opening the jaw.
The masseter is the main muscle that shuts or closes the jaw.
The fibers of the orbicular oris encircle the mouth. It has origin points on the maxilla and mandible and insertion points encircle the mouth.
The masseter muscle is lateral to the ramus of the mandible.
lateral rotation
The masseter muscle is the chewing muscle covering the angle of the mandible. During bilateral contraction, the muscle elevates the mandible, raising the lower jaw.
the masseter muscle
lateral pteregoid
Temporalis
External