temporalis (English, noun)
expansion: temporalis (plural temporales)
Senses:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: temporales
tags: plural