temporalis

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

κροταφίτης

κροταφικός μυς

Συνώνυμα

temporal muscle

musculus temporalis

temporalis muscle

Μεταφράσεις

temporal

muscle temporal

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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