Muscles of Mastication  

MUSCLES OF MASTICATION 🍖💀
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If you have the ability to open & close your mouth, chew, swallow & speak - take a second to pause & appreciate these beautiful muscles for granting us the ability to perform these vital functions on the daily 💪🏽
The muscles of mastication are a group of muscles responsible for the chewing movement of the mandible at the temporomandibular (TMJ) joint - which works as a sliding hinge, connecting your jawbone to your skull. They enhance the process of eating, they assist in grinding food, & also function to approximate the teeth.
This beautiful image via @anatomystandard includes two of the four primary muscles of mastication:
- Temporalis
- Masseter
- Medial & Lateral Pterygoids (Not pictured because they are located behind the masseter)
Image also includes a few of the secondary/ accessory muscles:
- Suprahyoid muscles (digastric muscle, mylohyoid muscle)
- Buccinator (not pictured)
- Infrahyoid muscles (not pictured - sternohyoid, sternothyroid, thyrohyoid, and omohyoid muscle)
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