Which of the following features are common to the muscles of mastication?

A) They share an oculomotor nerve innervation.
B) They move the mandible at the temporomandibular joint.
C) They allow a person to smile.
D) They are considered among the muscles of facial expression.
E) They control swallowing.


B) They move the mandible at the temporomandibular joint.

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