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The muscle that aids the jaw in closing is the temporalis muscle. The masseter is the muscle that primarily moves the jaw.
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What muscle is a synergist of the masseter muscle?
The muscle that aids the jaw in closing is the temporalis muscle. The masseter is the muscle that primarily moves the jaw.
What kind of muscle is a synergist?
The synergist muscle is a kind of muscle that performs or helps perform the same set of joint motion as the agonists. Synergist muscle acts on movable joints.
What is the synergist to the smiling muscle?
Risorius muscle
What are synergist muscle?
A synergist muscle is a muscle that aids another by promoting the same movement.
Prime mover of jaw closure?
The masseter is the prime mover of the jaw closure.
What muscle is synergist for eversion?
peroneus tertius
What is a synergist muscle for the gluteus maximus?
Piriformis
Which muscle produces the same action synergist as the teres minor?
infraspinatus muscle
What muscle is a synergist of the iliopsoas?
quads- rectus femoris
What is the synergist muscle for the gastrocnemius?
Gastrocnemius
What are the different actions of a muscle?
agonist, antagonist, synergist
What is a synergist to pronator teres?
Latissimus dorsi is the synergist of the teres major.Specifically, a synergist is a muscle which acts with another. The latissimus dorsi helps adduct and rotate the shoulder to elbow bone called the humerus. The teres major is a shoulder-related muscle.
