temporal muscle

1. 1.

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

   Synonymstemporalis muscletemporalismusculus temporalis

   Broaderskeletal muscle

Questions about temporal muscle

What does temporal muscle mean?

temporal muscle means "muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws".

What is another word for temporal muscle?

Close synonyms include temporalis muscle, temporalis, musculus temporalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is temporal muscle a common word?

temporal muscle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.