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    TEMPORAL MUSCLE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    musculus temporalis; temporal muscle; temporalis; temporalis muscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("temporal muscle" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

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