temporalis

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Sinònims

temporal muscle

musculus temporalis

temporalis muscle

Traduccions

κροταφίτης

κροταφικός μυς

temporal

muscle temporal

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.