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What originates on the zygomatic arch and inserts on the angle of the mandible?
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The masseter is the main muscle that shuts or closes the jaw.
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What holds the scapula in place?
The levator scapulae is what raises the scapula. It is a muscle that originates on the transverse processes of c1-c4 and inserts on the medial border and superior angle of the scapula. Any form of well practiced magic can levitate scapulas.
What is a submandibular gland?
Your submandibular glands are located below your tongue and toward your jaw near (distal and medial) the angle of the mandible where the bone angles up towards your jaw. Sub means below/under, mandible is the jaw bone.
What is angle of inclusion?
An angle of inclusion is the total of the angle in the shape. For example, a square's angle of inclusion is 360o A pentagons angle of inclusion is 540o An angle of inclusion is like circumference but it's not a circle
What is cardiophrenic angle?
The cardiophrenic angle is the angle between the heart and the diaphragm.
Does extension decrease the angle between two bones?
Flexion decreases the angle between two bones in a joint. Extension increases that angle.
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.
What is angle of pull?
angle of pull is the angle between muscle insertion and the bone on which the muscle inserts
Define angle of mandible?
Depends... On a male, 90 degrees. On a female, 120 degrees.
What holds the scapula in place?
The levator scapulae is what raises the scapula. It is a muscle that originates on the transverse processes of c1-c4 and inserts on the medial border and superior angle of the scapula. Any form of well practiced magic can levitate scapulas.
Pair of ribs inserts on the sternum at sternum angle?
the second pair of ribs
What are the landmark of mandible?
- head or condyle - mandibular notch or condular notch - neck ~just under the condyle - ramus - body - angle - mental foramen - protuberance~ the chin - alveolar processes of the mandible - oblique line
Coring occurs when the IV technician?
Inserts a needle at the wrong angle or uses a large-bore needle
What type of shape is a pentagon?
A pentagon is a polygon -having five angles and five sides. 'Pente-' originates from Greek meaning five and -gon originates from the Greek word '-gonos' means angle.
Why buccal shelf area in mandible is a primary stress bearing area?
the bone of the buccal shelf is covered by a layer of cortical bone and the shelf lies at the right angle to the vertical occlusal forces .
What is Bennett movements in teeth?
the movement of mandible toward lateral causes movement in both right and left condyles. For example, if one moves one's mandible (lower jaw) toward right, the right conlye moves laterally and the left goes downward, forward, and medially, so the left condyle is defined as nonworking and the right condyle as working. the movement of nonworking condyle,in this example left condyle, forms an angle between sagittal plan and direction of nonworking condyle, which is called Bennett angle.
In Bennett movement there is movement of which condyle?
the movement of mandible toward lateral causes movement in both right and left condyles. For example, if one moves one's mandible (lower jaw) toward right, the right conlye moves laterally and the left goes downward, forward, and medially, so the left condyle is defined as nonworking and the right condyle as working. the movement of nonworking condyle,in this example left condyle, forms an angle between sagittal plan and direction of nonworking condyle, which is called Bennett angle.
Why is a pentagon name pentagon?
In Greek Penta means 5 and gonyon means angle
