Exam 12: Muscles of the Temporomandibular Joints

Which is an action of the digastric?

Which is an action of the lateral pterygoid of the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs)?

Which are the attachments of the mylohyoid?

What provides innervation for the sternothyroid?

Which muscle attaches into the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)itself?

Which is an action of the mylohyoid?

If a muscle attaches from the mandible to a point that is posterior to that mandibular attachment,what action of the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs)will this muscle most likely have?

Generally,what is the location and what are the attachments of the suprahyoid group?

Which muscle(s)may be involved in temporomandibular joint (TMJ)syndrome?

If a muscle crosses the spinal joints of the neck anteriorly with a vertical orientation to its fibers,what eccentric function of the neck at the spinal joints will it most likely have?

Which is an eccentric function of the sternothyroid?

The masseter is usually divided into how many parts?

Which muscles attach onto the coronoid process of the mandible?

What provides innervation for the sternohyoid?

Which is an eccentric function of the mylohyoid?

What cranial nerve innervates all four major muscles of mastication?

Which muscles attach onto the mandible?

Which is an eccentric function of the masseter of the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs)?

Which muscles attach onto the thyroid cartilage?

What provides innervation for the thyrohyoid?