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6 Cards in this Set
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Masseter muscle
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Action: elevation of mandible
Origin: from zygomatic arch Insertion: masseteric fossa and adjacent portions of mandible |
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Temporalis muscle
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Action: elevates mandible
Origin: temporal bone and zygomatic arch Insertion: Coronoid process of mandible |
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Parotid Duct
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proximal to masseter muscle, midpoint anterior surface of gland
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Parotid Salivary Gland
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Ventral to ear, large, diffuse, lobulated structure
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Mandibular Salivary Gland
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ventral to the parotid and posterior to angular process of mandible. Lobulated, less diffuse, smoother and ore well-defined.
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Sublingual Salivary Gland
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smallest of the three, conical and smoothest, adheres to anterior surface of mandibular
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