If the left lateral pterygoid muscle is paralyzed, on opening the mouth the jaw will:
A. open normally
B. deviate to the left
C. deviate to the right
D. close with difficulty
E. none of the above



Answer :

B. deviate to the left

The external pterygoid muscle, also known as the lateral pterygoid muscle, is a masticatory muscle. Two heads are on it. Overlooking the medial pterygoid muscle, it is located. The lateral pterygoid nerve and the pterygoid branches of the maxillary artery supply it (from the mandibular nerve, CN V3). The mandible is depressed and protrudes. The mandible may be moved from side to side when each muscle functions separately.

The lateral pterygoid muscle's main job is to protrude the jaw by pulling the head of the condyle along the articular eminence out of the mandibular fossa. The lateral pterygoid muscles work together to drop the mandible and open the jaw. Contralateral excursion (a kind of mastication) is caused by unilateral lateral pterygoid muscle activation and is often carried out in coordination with the medial pterygoids. [Reference required] They can move the mandible from side to side when acting autonomously.

The lateral pterygoid, in contrast to the other three muscles of mastication, may help depress the mandible on its own (opening the jaw). The digastric, mylohyoid, and geniohyoid muscles aid in the first phase of this motion.

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