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What would happen if you lost tone in the masseter and temporalis muscle?
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What muscle would a suckling infant be using?
temporalis 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.
Which muscle of mastication would be responsible for mandibular?
temporalis
What are you doing when you were alternately contracting and relaxing your masseter muscle?
you would be opening and closing your jaw.
Can you work out your jaw muscle?
Sure you can -- there are several different muscles on the jaw, including the masseter, temporalis, medial pterygoid, and lateral pterygoid -- all used for chewing. Have you ever chewed a piece of gum for a long time and had your jaw get tired? You overworked those muscles, specifically you would feel it more in your masseter (which runs down your cheek to your jaw and is what opens your mouth, and your temporalis, which runs over your temple to your jaw which closes your mouth. The pterygoid muscles move your jaw laterally, or side to side. Having oral... you know what I mean... Can also BENEFIT ... and help WORK... those jaw muscles.
What cranial nerve is used for chewing food?
the trigeminal nerve (V) controls the movement of eight muscles, including the four muscles of mastication.The muscle that are involved in chewing food are the, temporalis, the masseter and the pterygoids.
What is the Muscle used when grinning?
Smiling is a facial expression, so the skeletal muscles of the face would be used. In particular the zygomaticus. or the ****** it makes me smile
What type of lever do you find most often in the human body?
My pick would be the masseter muscle and the temporalmandibular joint. Without it we would not be able to chew our food,
What would happen if you did not have muscle cells?
You would be like a balloon with no air,useless!!
What would happen if you didn't stretch your muscle cramps?
They would last longer.
What would happen if muscle cell stopped working?
if muscle cells stop working then we are not able to perform activites related to our muscle cells.
What would happen if we had no muscle tissue?
You would explode like an ant when it eats grits.
