Temporal Muscle

Definition: Temporal Muscle

1. Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws.

Specialty Definitions: Temporal Muscle

Domain	Definitions
Health	A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Specialty definitions using "temporal muscle": Facial Nerve Diseases ♦ Polymyalgia Rheumatica. (references)

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Modern Translations: Temporal Muscle

Language		Translations for "temporal muscle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		halántékizom. (various references)

Pig Latin		emporaltay usclemay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Temporal Muscle

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