Distractors
Retracting the mandible and the deep portion protracting it
Pulling the mandible posteriorly and the deep portion pulling the mandible anteriorly
Pulling the mandible posteriorly to the medial pterygoid
Key
Pulling the mandible anteriorly and the deep portion pulling the mandible posteriorly
Question
In her column “Masseter,” author Christy Cael explains that when activated, the two segments of the masseter oppose each other, with the superficial portion: