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level: Muscle of Mastification & Tounge and swallowing muscles

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
Origin:Temporal fossa Insertion:mandible Action:Elevates and draws mandible posteriorly,closes jaw	Temporalis
Origin:zygomatic arch Insertion:Mandible Action:Elevates and pushes mandible anteriorily,closes jaw	Masseter
Origin:Sphenoid Insertion:Mandible and articular disk Action:Pushes mandible anteriorily and depresses mandible,closes jaw	Lateral pterygoid
Origin:sphenoid and tuberosity of maxilla Insertion:Mandible Action:Pushes mandible anteriorily and elevates mandible,close jaw	Medial pterygoid
Origin:Inside tongue Insertion:Inside tongue Action:Changes shape of tongue	Intrinsic
Origin:bones around oral cavity or solf palate Insertion:Onto tongue Action:Moves tongue	Extrinsic
Origin:Base of the skull,mandible Insertion:Hyoid bone Action:Elevates and stabilizes hyoid	Suprahyoid.
Origin:sternum,larynx Insertion:Hyioid bone Action:Depresses or stabilizes hyoid	Infrahyoid
Origin:Skull or soft palate Insertion:Palate,tongue,pharynx Action:Moves soft palate,tongue,pharynx	Soft and palate muscles
Origin:Soft palate and auditory tube Insertion:Pharynx Action:Elevate pharynx	Elevators
Origin:Larynx and hyoid Insertion:Pharynx Action:Constrict pharynx	Constrictors