Question 109 · LDEK · Mandibular movements and articulators
The combined function of geniohyoideus, mylohyoideus and digastricus muscles is to:
- A. raise the mandible.
- B. open and protrude the mandible.
- C. protrude the mandible.
- D. open and retrude the mandible.
- E. raise and protrude the mandible.
Hint
These suprahyoid muscles attach to the front of the mandible and pull toward a hyoid fixed below and behind — which way does the chin go?
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