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Definition of Temporal muscle
1. Noun. Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws.
Generic synonyms: Skeletal Muscle, Striated Muscle
Medical Definition of Temporal muscle
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Temporal Muscle
Literary usage of Temporal muscle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"It occasionally gives a branch to the temporal muscle, and a filament to the
articulation of the jaw. The deep temporal branches, two in number, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"In order to expose the temporal muscle, remove the temporal fascia, ... The Temporal
muscle, the zygoma and Masseter having been removed. ..."
3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The coronoid process and the temporal muscle must be thrown well upwards, and
the muscular ... At that point it lies under cover of the temporal muscle. ..."
4. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"They send their principal divisions to the temporal muscle. ... Maxillaire,
temporal muscle. TEMPORO-MAX'ILLARY,T««>ro-«««7. la'ris. ..."
5. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The temporal fascia is a dense white shining aponeurosis, -which ?ers the temporal
muscle above the zygoma, and gives attachment to ne of its fibres of ..."