musculus temporalis
Noun
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Muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible;
Acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws (synset 105610059)is a type 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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