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Mastication Flashcards
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| Name the jaw opening muscle and its innervations | Digastricus Facial Nerve (CN VII) Manidbular branch of Trigeminal nerve (CN V3) |
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| Name the jaw closing muscles | Masseter Temporalis Lateral and Medial Pterygoids |
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| What is the innervation of the jaw closing muscles? | Mandibular branch of the Trigeminal nerve (CN V3)
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| What are the functions of the lateral pterygoid? | Protrudes the jaw One-sided contraction to close jaw |
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| What is the function of the medial pterygoid? | One-sided contraction to close jaw
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| What are the functions of the temporalis muscle? | Pulls mandible dorsally
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| What is the function of the masseter muscle? | Uni- and bi-lateral contractions to close jaw Prodrudes jaw |
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| What processes form the temperomandibular joint? | Condylar Process of Mandible Mandibular Fossa of the Zygomatic Process of Skull |
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