Attachments for Practical Exam

what are the attachments for the medial pterygoid?

medial portion of lateral pterygoid plate to the inner angle of the mandible

what are the attachments for the lateral pterygoid?

superior head: greater wing of sphenoid to the TMJ disc

inferior head: lateral portion of the pterygoid plate to the mandible condylar process

what are the attachments for the masseter?

zygomatic arch/bone to the angle of the mandible

what are the attachments for the temporalis?

temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible

what are the attachments of the suprahyoids?

Anterior belly of digastric: mandible (digastric fossa) to hyoid

Posterior belly of digastric: temporal bone (mastoid notch medial to mastoid process) to hyoid

Stylohyoid: temporal bone (styloid process) to hyoid

Mylohyoid: mylohyoid line to hyoid

Geniohyoid: inferior mental spine to hyoid bone

what are the attachments of the infrahyoids?

Omohyoid: scapula superior border (inferior belly) to hyoid (superior belly)

Sternohyoid: manubrium and sternoclavicular joint to hyoid

Sternothyroid: manubrium to thyroid cartilage

Thyrohyoid: thyroid cartilage to hyoid bone

what are the attachments for the pharyngeal constrictors?

what are the attachments of the hyoglossus?

hyoid bone to sides of tongue

what are the attachments of the genioglossus?

what are the attachments of styloglossus?

what are the attachments of the palatoglossus?

tongue to palatine aponeurosis

what are the attachments for the palatopharyngeus?

tongue to palatine aponeurosis