The right lateral pterygoid muscle, a muscle of mastication, is stretched by deviating the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) ipsilaterally to the right side (to the same side).
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The right lateral pterygoid muscle, a muscle of mastication, is stretched by deviating the mandible at the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) ipsilaterally to the right side (to the same side).