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. |