HyperDic: temporal_muscle

English > 1 sense of the expression temporal muscle:
NOUNbodytemporal muscle, temporalis muscle, temporalis, musculus temporalismuscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible
English > temporal muscle: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningmuscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws.
Synonymstemporalis muscle, temporalis, musculus temporalis
Broaderskeletal muscle, striated muscleA muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton
Spanishmúsculo temporal
Catalanmúscul temporal

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