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What does temporalis mean?

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Noun
  1. (anatomy) The temporal muscle.
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The jaw adductor muscles, masseter and temporalis, are small and architecturally simple.
The first masticatory jaw motions involve irregular contractions of both the masseter and temporalis muscles.
There are thirty-two segments devoted to a particular muscle, such as the temporalis.
Jaw closing is the result of the action of the jaw elevators, i.e., masseter, temporalis and medial pterygoid muscles.
Slight hollow on the left temple due to temporalis muscle lengthening.
The primary jaw muscles were the superficial elements of the temporalis.

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