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TEMPORALIS MUSCLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
Synonyms:
musculus temporalis; temporal muscle; temporalis; temporalis muscle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("temporalis muscle" is a kind of...):
skeletal 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)
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