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Which muscle is responsible for retracting the mandible?
Which muscle is responsible for retracting the mandible?
- Temporalis (correct)
- Lateral pterygoid
- Masseter
- Medial pterygoid
What is the action of the Masseter muscle?
What is the action of the Masseter muscle?
- Protrudes the mandible
- Moves the mandible from side to side
- Depresses the mandible
- Elevates the mandible to close the mouth (correct)
Which nerve supplies the Medial pterygoid muscle?
Which nerve supplies the Medial pterygoid muscle?
- Temporal branch of mandibular nerve
- Anterior division of mandibular nerve
- Masseteric nerve
- Nerve to medial pterygoid (correct)
Where does the Lateral pterygoid muscle insert?
Where does the Lateral pterygoid muscle insert?
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What is the action of the Lateral pterygoid muscle?
What is the action of the Lateral pterygoid muscle?
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