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temporalis ThesaurusNoun | 1. | temporalis - muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jawsmusculus temporalis, temporal muscle, 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 |
temporalis
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, temporalistemporalis (tĕm″pō-rā′lĭs) [L.] The muscle in the temporal fossa that elevates the mandible.temporalis Related to temporalis: Arteritis temporalisSynonyms for temporalisnoun muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandibleSynonyms- musculus temporalis
- temporal muscle
- temporalis muscle
Related Words- skeletal muscle
- striated muscle
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