TEMPORAL MUSCLE

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("temporal 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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