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Origin(anchor): Zygomatic Arch (cheekbone)


Insertion(movable part): outer surface of mandible


Function: elevate the mandible


Masseter

Origin(anchor)-Temporal Fossa (temple)


Insertion(movable part)-Caronoid Process (and the mandible posterior to 3rd molars)


Function: Retract and elevate the mandible

Temporalis

Origin(anchor)- medial surface of the lateral Pterygoid plate (sphenoid bone) and Maxillary Tuberosity


Insertion(movable part)- inner surface of the mandible


Function: Elevate and protrude the mandible

Medial Pterygoid

Origin(anchor)-Lateral surface of the Lateral Pterygoid plate (sphenoid bone) and the infratemporal surface of the sphenoid bone


Insertion(movable part)- TMJ disc and neck of the mandibular condyle


Function:Protrude and/or depress (opening) the mandible(working with hyoid muscles) and allow the side to side (lateral) shift of the mandible

Lateral Pterygoid