1. Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
   - temporalis muscle, temporal muscle, musculus temporalis

Derived forms: temporalises

Type of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle

Encyclopedia: Temporalis

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