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Which muscles elevate and retract the mandible?
Temporalis, Masseter and the Medial Pterygoid
Masseter and temporalis muscles are used for?
They are responsible for mastication process (i.e)chewing the food
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.
Which of the following muscles closes the jaw?
both masseter and temporalis
Name the four muscles of mastication?
The chief muscles are: Masseter Temporalis or Temporal Internal (medial) pterygold External (lateral) pterygold
What are various muscles assisting in mastication?
The four main muscles involved in mastication, or chewing, are the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid and the lateral pterygoid. Muscles associated with the hyoid, such as the sternohyomastoid, also helps to open the jaw.
What are some names of your face muscles?
arbiculariy oris, arbiculary occuli, masseter, zygomatic major, deppressor anguli oris, temporalis, occipitalis, frontalis, rissourios, platysma
The acts synergistically with the masseter to elevate the mandible?
The masseter IS the functional muscle which closes the mandible (jaw).
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.
What is the muscle closes the jaw?
The masseter muscle. both masseter and temporalis :)100%
What is the strongest muscle of mastication?
Masseter
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.
