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6 Cards in this Set
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What does the temporalis muscle attach to?
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The coranoid process of the mandible
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Describe the boarders of the Infratemporal Fossa
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1. Lateral: Ramus of mandible
2. Medial: Pterygoid plate/process 3. Anterior: Posterior boarder of Maxilla 4. Posterior: Mastoid & Styloid process 5. Inferior: Medial pterygoid muscle |
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What are the four muscles of mastication and what are they innervated by? (N54)
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1. Masseter
2. Temporalis 3. Lateral Pterygoid 4. Medial Pterygoid All are innervated by the mandibular division of the trigeminal CNV |
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What muscle is responsible for the large lateral chewing movements? (N55)
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L for Large = Lateral Pterygoid m
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What muscles can pull up on the mandible and push it out? It also produces the smaller grinding movements of chewing (N55)
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Medial Pterygoid
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Describe the boarders of the pterygopalatine fossa (3 structures)
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1. Anterior: Inferior orbital fissure
2. Medial: Sphenopalatine foraemen 3. Posterior: Foramen rotundum (for passage of V2) |
