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The pterygoid muscles, which consist of the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles, are essential for the movement of the jaw. The medial pterygoid primarily aids in elevating the mandible and closing the jaw, while the lateral pterygoid facilitates the opening of the jaw and lateral movements, allowing for grinding and chewing food. Together, they play a crucial role in mastication by coordinating the complex movements of the jaw.
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What muscle can close the jaw and pull it sideways?
The medial pterygoid muscle, the left medial pterygoid will deviate the jaw to the right and vice versa.
What muscle moves the jaw?
Masseter Temporalis Medial pterygoid Lateral pterygoid
What is a sentence using the word pterygoid?
The lateral pterygoid muscle allows us to chew.
Name a muscle that is a synergic with the masseter muscle?
lateral pterygoid
What pterygoid muscle can potrude the jaw pull the jaw sideways and open the mouth?
The lateral pterygoid muscle is the muscle responsible for protruding the jaw, pulling the jaw sideways, and assisting in opening the mouth. It plays a key role in movements such as chewing and speaking.
What muscle helps the platysma lower the mandible?
Lateral pterygoid (HOLES book, pg 155 part a )
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.
What pterygoid can close the jaw and can pull it sideways?
The medial pterygoid muscle is responsible for elevating the jaw and closing the mouth. It also aids in moving the jaw from side to side during chewing.
Which muscles elevate and retract the mandible?
Temporalis, Masseter and the Medial Pterygoid
What is Nerve to pterygoid canal?
1- Formed by the junction of greater petroal n + deep petrosal n. 2- Enters the pterygopalatine fossa posteriorly after passing the pterygoid canal and joins the pterygopalatine ganglion on the posterior aspect. 3-it contains: A- Special sensory afferent fibers (Taste) B- Preganglionic parasympthatic fibers. C- Postganglionic sympthatic fibers. Hope that helps!
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 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.
