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The curvature of the jaw transforms the anterodorsal pull of the muscle into a dorsally directed adductive movement regardless of the initial angle of the jaw.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.

The anterior pterygoid aided in initiating adduction in Captorhinus, whereas in Dimetrodon this muscle was adductive throughout the swing of the jaw.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.

The adductive component of force therefore decreased as the jaw swung upward, with the result that the anterior pterygoid could only have been active in initiating adduction and not in sustaining it.

From The Adductor Muscles of the Jaw In Some Primitive Reptiles by Fox, Richard C.