Definitions from Wiktionary (temporalis)
▸ noun: (anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
Temporalis muscle,
temporalis fascia,
squama temporalis,
musculus temporalis,
arteria temporalis anterior,
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▸ noun: (anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
Similar:
temporal muscle,
temporal fossa,
temporoparietalis,
zygomaticotemporalis,
temporoparietalis muscle,
deep temporal artery,
lateral pterygoid muscle,
tensor veli palatini,
temporomandibular joint,
risorius,
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anterior,
posterior,
right,
left,
deep,
ipsilateral,
superficial,
contralateral,
occipito,
arteria,
human
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