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The primary muscle used in chewing is called the masseter muscle. There is one on each side of the jaw. They attach to the zygomatic arch (cheekbone) above and the lateral (side) of the mandible (lower jaw).
You can feel those muscles flex by placing your hands on the sides of your lower jaw in front of your ears and clenching your teeth.
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∙ 9y agoThe muscle that allows you to chew food is the tongue. The tongue pushes the food towards your teeth.
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This hinged bone allows you to chew your food?
Jaw
What is a sentence using the word pterygoid?
The lateral pterygoid muscle allows us to chew.
Why should you chew your food?
you should chew your food because if you don't then you die! simple and the food gets stuck in the lung pipe and allows you not to breath.
What organ allows you to speak?
The jaws of course! It not only allows us to talk, it also allows us to chew on our food!
Which bone is movable and allows you to chew your food?
The Mandible also known as the lower jaw
Do the muscles in the gullet help to push the food down to the stomach?
The mouth chew the food first, a muscle at the back of the mouth forces the food down your gullet and the gullet's muscle forces it down into your stomach.
What forces back food into the pharynx?
The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
What forces food back into into pharynx?
The tongue is the muscle that forces food into the pharynx. When you chew and then swallow, it is the back of your tongue that forces the food back and down your throat.
What adaptation does a hawk use to chew food?
A hawk has a beak and therefore can not chew food, to chew food you need teeth to chew with.
What is tongue is for?
The tongue is a strong muscle that rolls your food into an easy to swallow ball after the teeth chew and the salivary glands moisten.
What muscle helps you chew?
Messeter
Do they chew their food?
seahorses do not chew their food because they do not have teeth
