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Which muscles attach to the maxilla?
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Correct answer: D. Both buccinator and medial pterygoid
Buccinator attaches to alveolar processes of maxilla and mandible. Medial pterygoid has its superior head originating from the pyramidal process of palatine bone and maxillary tuberosity. Both attach to maxilla.
- A. INCORRECT. The buccinator does attach to the maxilla, but it is not the only one listed.
- B. INCORRECT. The medial pterygoid also attaches near the maxilla (pyramidal process and tuberosity), but it is not the only one.
- C. CORRECT. Both the buccinator (alveolar process) and the medial pterygoid (maxillary tuberosity region) have maxillary attachments.
- D. INCORRECT. The masseter attaches to the zygomatic arch and the mandibular ramus, not the maxilla.
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