Muscles The Move The Mandible Amd Assist In Mastication /Speech/

Question 1

Muscles the ,over the mandible(lower jawbone) at the temporomandibular joint(TMJ) are known as _______________

Answer 1

Muscles of mastication (chewing)

Question 2

4 pairs of muscles involved in mastication, 3 powerful closures of the jaw and account for the strength of the bite. What are they?

Answer 2

Masseter, temporalis, and medial pterygoid

Question 3

What’s the strongest muscle of mastication?

Answer 3

Masseter

Question 4

What are muscles assist in mastication by moving the mandible from side to side to help grind food? Which protracts mandible?

Answer 4

Medial pterygoid lateral pterygoid (protracts)

Question 5

What muscle is a highly mobile structure that is vital to mastication (chewing), detection of taste and deglutition (swallowing)

Answer 5

The tongue

Question 6

What’s the tongues attachment?

Answer 6

Mandible, styloid process of the temporal bone and hyoid bone

Question 7

The tongue is divided into lateral halves by a median fibrous septum. Where is it located and attached to?

Answer 7

Extends throughout the Length of the tongue and knferiorly attaches to the hyoid bone

Question 8

Muscles of the tongue are of two principal types: extrinsic and intrinsic. Differentiate the two in terms of what they do In the tongue.

Answer 8

Extrinsic tongue muscles move the entire tongue in various directions, anteriorly, posteriorly, and laterally.

Intrinsic tongue muscles alter the shape of the tongue rather than moving the entire tongue.

Question 9

True or false
The extrinsic tongue muscle names end in glossus

Answer 9

True