THESAURUS

Temporalis Thesaurus

(anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.

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Related dictionary entries include temporoparietalis, zygomaticotemporalis, risorius, palatoglossus, palatopharyngeus, mentalis.

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