Set: Mandible muscles

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Temporalis: unilateral and bilateralelevate mandible, resting tonus
Temporalis: bilateralelevate and retract mandible
Temporalis: unilateralelevate mandible and rotate to ipsilateral side
Masseter: Bilateralelevates mandible, protracts mandible
Masseter unilateralelevates mandible, rotates mandible to contralateral side
Medial Pterygoid: bilateralelevation pronation
Medial Pterygoid: unilateralelevation, rotates mandible to contralateral side
Medial Pterygoid originpterygoid fossa
Medial Pterygoid insertionmedial surface of ramus, behind mylohyoid line
Temporalis origintemporal fascia
Temporalis insertionascending ramus of mandible, especially coronoid process
Masseter originlower border of anterior portion of zygomatic arch and tendons attaching to arch
Masseter insertionposterior border, lateral surface of 1/3 of ramus, and tendons
Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: origininfratemporal surface of sphenoid
Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: insertionpterygoid fovea and capsule of TMJ
Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: bilateralprotracts
Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: unilateralrotates mandible to contralateral side, controls retraction of condyle during power stroke of mechanism
Inferior Head Lateral Pterygoid: originLateral surface of lateral pterygoid plate
Inferior Head Lateral Pterygoid: insertionpterygoid fovea
Inferior Head Lateral Pterygoidal: bilateralprotracts mouth, pulls condyle inferiorly
Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: unilateralrotates mandible to contralateral sided, opens jaw
Closing stroke, Balancing sideSuperficial masseter and medial pteryoid
Closing stroke, Working sidePosterior temporalis
Power stroke, Working sidesuperficial masseter, medial pterygoid
Power stroke, Balancing sidePosterior temporalis

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Creator Rcswed
Created December 4, 2008
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Subject anatomy
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  1. Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: origin infratemporal surface of sphenoid - 4 misses
  2. Temporalis: unilateral elevate mandible and rotate to ipsilateral side - 4 misses
  3. Medial Pterygoid: unilateral elevation, rotates mandible to contralateral side - 4 misses
  4. Medial Pterygoid origin pterygoid fossa - 3 misses
  5. Medial Pterygoid: bilateral elevation pronation - 3 misses
  6. Inferior Head Lateral Pterygoidal: bilateral protracts mouth, pulls condyle inferiorly - 3 misses
  7. Superior Head Lateral Pterygoid: unilateral rotates mandible to contralateral sided, opens jaw - 3 misses