Examples of masseter in the following topics:
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- Masseter - The most powerful muscle of mastication.
- Differentiate between the actions of the masseter and the temporalis muscles in chewing
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- For the mouth to close it requires the following muscles: the masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid muscle.
- The muscles that are affected during anterior jaw dislocation are the masseter and temporalis, which pull up on the mandible, and the lateral pterygoid, which relaxes the mandibular condyle.
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- The motor component of the mandibular division
(V3) of the trigeminal nerve controls the movement of eight muscles, including
the four muscles of mastication: the masseter,
the temporal, and the medial and lateral pterygoids.
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- Reflexes tested include masseter, biceps and triceps tendon, knee tendon, ankle jerk and plantar (i.e.
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- The adductor muscle that closes the jaw is composed of two muscles in mammals: the temporalis and the masseter.
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- The presence of the zygomatic arch suggests the presence of the masseter muscle, which closes the jaw and functions in chewing.