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This muscle inserts â all the muscles of mastication inserts onto the mandible because the mandible is the bone that moves to cause mastication. Itâs the bone which is involved in chewing. The temporalis inserts onto the coronoid process of the mandible. Thatâs this anterior process here. If we just have a look at that, it just inserts here.
Mastication or chewing is the process by which food is crushed and ground by teeth. It is the first step of digestion, and it increases the surface area of foods to allow more efficient break down by enzymes. During the mastication process, the food is positioned by the cheek and tongue between the teeth for grinding. The muscles of mastication move the jaws to bring the teeth into intermittent contact, repeatedly occluding and opening.