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    Exam 7: Muscles of Mastication and the Temporomandibular Joint
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    Contraction of the ____ Produces a Gliding Movement of the TMJ
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Contraction of the ____ Produces a Gliding Movement of the TMJ

Question 31

Question 31

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Contraction of the ____ produces a gliding movement of the TMJ.


A) medial pterygoid muscle
B) temporalis muscle
C) posterior belly of the disgastric muscle
D) masseter muscle
E) lateral pterygoid muscle

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