Temporal region

Question 1

What muscle(s) is/are responsible for the elevation of the jaw?

Answer 1

Temporalis, medial pterygoid, masseter

Question 2

What muscle(s) is/are responsible for the depression of the jaw?

Answer 2

gravity, mylohyoid

Question 3

What muscle(s) is/are responsible for the protrusion of the jaw?

Answer 3

Lateral pterygoid muscle

Question 4

What muscle(s) is/are responsible for the retraction of the jaw?

Answer 4

Temporalis (posterior fibers)

Question 5

Where is the head of the mandible located when the jawis opened?

Answer 5

right beneath the articular tubercle of the temporal bone

Question 6

Blockage of the lingual nerve and inferior alveolar nerve requires anesthesia at which location?

Answer 6

Lateral to the pterygomandibular fold.