QuestionSBA
QuestionChoice
This is not a muscle of mastication and is responsible for drawing the tongue upwards and backwards.
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e
Styloglossus muscle
QuestionChoice
This is another muscle of mastication. Its primary role is elevating the mandible and also laterally deviating it.
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b
Medial Pterygoid
QuestionChoice
This is another muscle of mastication. The primary role of the masseter is to elevate and protract the mandible.
10004093
c
Masseter
QuestionChoice
This is the only muscle of mastication that opens the mouth. It achieves this by depressing the mandible in conjunction with the anterior belly of the digastric muscle and the mylohyoid muscle.
10004091
a
Lateral Pterygoid Muscle
QuestionChoice
This is another muscle of mastication. It is primarily responsible for closing the mouth and movements of the mandible at the temporomandibular joint.
10004094
d
Temporalis
Concept
Chapter
2693
4234
Structure and innervation of the GI tract
Topic
149
Gastro-intestinal physiology
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Which muscle of mastication is responsible for opening the mouth?
a