Group · Muscular system
Masticatory muscles
Musculi masticatorii
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Head
- Part of
- Muscles of head
DescriptionUnreviewed
There are four classical muscles of mastication.
During mastication, three muscles of mastication (musculi masticatorii) are responsible for adduction of the jaw, and one (the lateral pterygoid) helps to abduct it.
All four move the jaw laterally.
Other muscles, usually associated with the hyoid, such as the mylohyoid muscle, are responsible for opening the jaw in addition to the lateral pterygoid.
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Names
- Latin
- Musculi masticatorii
- English
- Masticatory muscles
- French
- Muscles masticateurs
- Spanish
- Músculos masticatorios
- Portuguese
- Músculos mastigatórios