mastication

Question 1

what are the muscles of mastication?

Answer 1

temporalis.
masseter
medial pterygoid
lateral pterygoid

Question 2

temporomandibular joint?

Answer 2

joint between mandible and temporal bone of cranium

Question 3

quadrilateral masseter origin?

Answer 3

zygomatic arch

Question 4

where does masseter insert?

Answer 4

lateral surface of mandible

Question 5

masseter function?

Answer 5

elevate mandible

Question 6

nerve supply for masseter?

Answer 6

mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (CN5)

Question 7

Origin of Temporalis?

Answer 7

Frontal
parietal
temporal
sphenoid

Question 8

where does temporalis insert?

Answer 8

coronoid process of mandible

Question 9

how does temporalis elevate mandible?

Answer 9

vertical fibres

Question 10

what temporalis fibres pull the mandible back

Answer 10

horizontal fibres

Question 11

nerve supply for Temporalis?

Answer 11

mandibular division of trigeminal nerve

Question 12

where is MEDIAL pterygoid muscle located?

Answer 12

medial to ramus

Question 13

origin of medial pterygoid?

Answer 13

maxilla and sphenoid bone( lateral pterygoid plate)

Question 14

where does medial pterygoid insert?

Answer 14

medial of ramus

Question 15

function of medial pterygoid?

Answer 15

elevate mandible and side to side movement

Question 16

nerve supply for medial pterygoid?

Answer 16

CN5

Question 17

WHERE is LATERAL pterygoid located?

Answer 17

infratemporal fossa

Question 18

origin of lateral pterugoid ?

Answer 18

sphenoid

Question 19

what heads does lateral pterygoid have?

Answer 19

superior and inferior

Question 20

where does superior head insert?

Answer 20

articular disk of TMJ

Question 21

what does superior head control?

Answer 21

disk position when mouth closing

Question 22

where does inferior head insert?

Answer 22

condiylar process of mandible

Question 23

what does inferior head control?

Answer 23

translate mandible head anteriorly when opening

AND for side to side grinding

Question 24

nerve supply of lateral ptery.?

Answer 24

CN5

Question 25

bellies of digastric muscles?

Answer 25

anterior and posterior

Question 26

where does anterior belly attach?

Answer 26

to mandible

Question 27

where does posterior belly attach to?

Answer 27

mastoid process of temporal bone

Question 28

how are 2 bellies connected?

Answer 28

by intermediate tendon attached to hyoid bones

Question 29

diagastric muscle contracts?

Answer 29

pull mandible down and hyoid up

Question 30

nerve supply for anterior belly?

Answer 30

CN5

Question 31

nerve supply for posterior belly

Answer 31

branch of facial nerve (CN7)

Question 32

trigeminal nerve function?

Answer 32

sensory innervation to face

Question 33

mandibular division of Trigeminal nerve function?

Answer 33

motor supply to muscles of MAST.