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TEMPORAL MUSCLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does temporal muscle mean?
• TEMPORAL MUSCLE (noun)
The noun TEMPORAL MUSCLE has 1 sense:
1. muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
Familiarity information: TEMPORAL MUSCLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
musculus temporalis; temporal muscle; temporalis; temporalis muscle
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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