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temporal muscle
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  temporal muscle - muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jawsmusculus temporalis, temporalis, temporalis muscleskeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes |
EncyclopediaSeemuscletemporal muscle
tem·po·ra·lis (mus·cle) [TA] superiormost masticatory muscle; origin, temporal fossa; insertion, coronoid process of mandible and anterior border of ramus; action elevates mandible (closes jaw); its posterior, nearly horizontally-oriented fibers are the primary retractors of the protruded mandible. nerve supply, deep temporal branches of mandibular division of trigeminal. Synonym(s): musculus temporalis [TA], temporal muscle, temporalistem·po·ra·lis mus·cle (tem-pŏr-ālis mŭsĕl) Origin, temporal fossa; insertion, coronoid process of mandible and anterior border of ramus; action, elevates mandible (closes jaw); its posterior, nearly horizontally-oriented fibers are the primary retractors of the protruded mandible; nerve supply, deep temporal branches of mandibular division of trigeminal.
Synonym(s): musculus temporalis [TA] , temporal muscle. tem·po·ra·lis mus·cle (tem-pŏr-ālis mŭsĕl) Origin, temporal fossa; insertion, coronoid process of mandible and anterior border of ramus; action, elevates mandible (closes jaw); its posterior, nearly horizontally-oriented fibers are the primary retractors of the protruded mandible; nerve supply, deep temporal branches of mandibular division of trigeminal.
Synonym(s): musculus temporalis [TA] , temporal muscle. temporal muscle
Related to temporal muscle: Masseter muscleSynonyms for temporal musclenoun muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandibleSynonyms- musculus temporalis
- temporalis
- temporalis muscle
Related Words- skeletal muscle
- striated muscle
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