Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws.
A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible.
Two of the masticatory muscles
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