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The masseter muscle is lateral to the ramus of the mandible.
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What bone in face contains coronoid process?
The Mandible. The Coronoid process a prominent projection just anterior to the Condylar Process.
What muscles is responsible for the protraction of the mandible?
The lateral pterygoid muscle has a triangular shape, with two heads; superior and inferior. It has horizontally orientated muscle fibers, and is the major protractor of the mandible.
Where on your body would you find your mandible?
The jaw bone or mandible is located in the head, it is the only skull bone that moves. It is fairly simple to judge where it is, below the bottom teeth. To find it put your hand on your chin, that's it, then to find the ramus (at the back) slide your hand round the side at the bottom until you come to a shapr upwards corner, this is the ramus.
The acts synergistically with the masseter to elevate the mandible?
The masseter IS the functional muscle which closes the mandible (jaw).
What are two muscles that connect to the mandible and cranium and close the jaw?
Masseter, Lateral pterygoid, Temporalis.
What muscle Protrudes the mandible?
lateral pteregoid
What is the ascending part of the mandible?
The ramus is the ascending part of the mandible.
What bone in face contains coronoid process?
The Mandible. The Coronoid process a prominent projection just anterior to the Condylar Process.
What is the Upright portion of the mandible is called?
Ramus
What muscle helps the platysma lower the mandible?
Lateral pterygoid (HOLES book, pg 155 part a )
What muscles is responsible for the protraction of the mandible?
The lateral pterygoid muscle has a triangular shape, with two heads; superior and inferior. It has horizontally orientated muscle fibers, and is the major protractor of the mandible.
What is the sideburn of the mandible called?
Ramus (plural rami)
What is the muscle called that is located between the condyle of the mandible and the the greater wing of the sphenoid?
Lateral Pterygoid
What is the chewing muscle covering the angle of the mandible?
The masseter muscle is the chewing muscle covering the angle of the mandible. During bilateral contraction, the muscle elevates the mandible, raising the lower jaw.
Where are the ventral ramus and segmental vessels located?
middle and internal layers of the lateral 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 elevates the mandible in the human and cat?
the masseter muscle
