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TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
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Movement of mandible
Opening of mouth (depress) Closing of mouth (elevation)
1. Lateral pterygoid 1. Temporal
2. Anterior digastric 2. Masseter
3. Mylohyoid 3. Medial pterygoid
4. Geniohyoid
5. Infrahyoid muscle
6. Gravity
Protude chin (protraction) Withdraw chin (retraction)
1. Lateral pterygoid 1. Temporal (medial and posterior)
2. Medial pterygoid pp
2. Masseter deep part
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Grinding (side to side movement)
1. Temporal (mid and posterior ) of same side
2. Pterygoids of opposite side
3. masseter
Nerve supply
1. Auriculotemporal nerve
2. Nerve to masseter
NB: Both are branches of mandibular nerve.
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