Surface

Skeleton

Muscles

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Head

Temporomandibular joint and masticatory muscles

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medial

lateral

Interior

Fig. 110 a, b

Articular disc, Discus articularis, of the

temporomandibular joint, Articulatio temporomandibularis.

a

Superior view

b

Lateral view

Arcus zygomaticus

Mandibula

M. pterygoideus lateralis

M. pterygoideus medians

M. masseter. Pars superficialis

M temporalis

->T4

Abb. 111

Masticatory muscles, Mm. masticatorii.

Arrows indicate the direction of muscle traction

when closing the mouth.