A group of first-year students of the College of Dentistry in the University of Basrah had participated in delivering a lecture under the supervision of Assistant. Lecturer Hala Abbass Hussien and titled as 'muscles of mastication'
The lecture that was delivered by the students: Ahmed Moaed, Zahraa Asaff, Hajer Ali and Manar Mustafa clarified that the muscles responsible for mastication Are four muscles that allow the movement of the Tempromandibular joint (( tmj ))
And all of them are supplied by the Trigeminal nerve, these muscles are responsible of multiple types of movements done by the Mandible and through them, the food is masticated and grinded.
