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The masseter is the strongest muscle for its size in your body at least as far as force exerted by muscles you can control go What does it do?
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Opens and closes your lower jaw
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Where are the strongest muscles in a human body?
Two muscles: The masster(jaw) The tongue
Which muscles make us chew?
Facial muscles help all parts of your face move
Which of the following muscles closes the jaw?
both masseter and temporalis
Which muscles elevate and retract the mandible?
Temporalis, Masseter and the Medial Pterygoid
What muscles are used to masticate?
Mastication, or chewing, involves a total of four muscles. These muscles are the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid, and lateral pterygoid.
Is the jaw bone the hardest in the body?
Your toung No, it isn't your tongue. The strongest muscle in the entire body (based on its weight) is the masseter muscle, which is in the jaw. With all of the muscles of the jaw working together, they can close the teeth with a force as great as 55 pounds p.s.i.
What muscles are involved in clenching your teeth?
Although more than one muscle is involved in the process of clenching your jaw, the main culprit is the Masseter muscle. A fun fact: the masseter is also the strongest muscle in your body; no wonder it hurts so much when you bite your tongue!
What are the masseter and temporalis muscles are representative of the muscles of?
batis and luma
What are some names of muscles that are not skeletal muscles?
i know 3 muscles the biceps the triceps and the masseter
What is the strongest muscle in the body and were is it located?
Depending on your definition of strong, there are multiple answers to this question. 1) The masseter (in the jaw) is recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records to be the strongest muscle in the human body. The greatest force exerted by any human jaw is recorded to be 4,337 newtons 2) 3) 4) Also, a common misconception is that the tongue is the strongest muscle in the body. This is wrong, because the tongue is in fact composed of eight different muscles, it it not just one big muscle.
Which muscles are most likely involved in tmj disorder?
If you had to pick an answer which named three muscles, it would be MASSETER, PTERYGOID & TEMPORALIS.
Masseter and temporalis muscles are used for?
They are responsible for mastication process (i.e)chewing the food
