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What muscles is not involved in the process of chewing or manipulating food in the mouth A. Masseter B. Omohyoid C. Temporalis D. Pterygoid E. Hyoglossus?
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Pterygoid.
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Which muscles elevate and retract the mandible?
Temporalis, Masseter and the Medial Pterygoid
What muscle moves the jaw?
Masseter Temporalis Medial pterygoid Lateral 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.
There are used chew food?
Masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid and lateral pterygoid are the four muscles are utilized to chew food.
Allows you to bite the carrot stick?
Masseter, temporalis, lateral, pterygoid medial, pterygoid are the chewing muscles which move your teeth so you can bite the carrot stick
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.
What are two muscles that connect to the mandible and cranium and close the jaw?
Masseter, Lateral pterygoid, Temporalis.
Which of the following muscles closes the jaw?
both masseter and temporalis
Which muscles make us chew?
Facial muscles help all parts of your face move
What do you call the muscle responsible for mastication or chewing?
You use at least 4 muscles to chew; the one you're probably looking for is the masseter. It's assisted by the temporalis and the medial and lateral pterygoids to complete the grinding. Of course there are other muscles that help too, like your tongue and cheek muscles.
What muscle opens and closes your jaw?
Gravity plays a large part in opening the jaw, but there are muscles that help forcefully open your jaw. The most important of these is the digastric muscle, which connects from the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the hyoid bone, and then from the hyoid bone to the digastric fossa of the mandible.
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.
