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Noun
1. muscle of mastication
Wikipedia definition
2. Muscles of masticationDuring mastication, four muscles of mastication (or musculi masticatorii) are responsible for adduction and lateral motion of the jaw. Other muscles, usually associated with the hyoid such as the sternohyomastoid, are responsible for opening the jaw.
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