- temporal muscle
- temporal muscle n TEMPORALIS
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temporalis muscle musculus temporalis.
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temporal muscle
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temporal muscle — noun muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws • Syn: ↑temporalis muscle, ↑temporalis, ↑musculus temporalis • Hypernyms: ↑skeletal muscle, ↑striated muscle * *… … Useful english dictionary
Muscle Temporal — Muscle temporal. Sur le schéma, le processus zygomatique de l os temporal est enlevé pour voir le passage du muscle temporal Le muscle temporal est un muscle de l appareil manducateur. Sommaire … Wikipédia en Français
temporal — temporal, ale (tan po ral, ra l ) adj. Terme d anatomie. Qui a rapport aux tempes. Artère temporale. Aponévrose temporale, large expansion fibreuse fixée à toute la ligne courbe temporale et à l arcade zygomatique. Les os temporaux, ou,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
temporal vein — noun any of several veins draining the temporal region • Syn: ↑vena temporalis • Hypernyms: ↑vein, ↑vena, ↑venous blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑deep temporal vein, ↑middle … Useful english dictionary
temporal artery — noun any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe • Hypernyms: ↑cerebral artery, ↑arteria cerebri • Hyponyms: ↑anterior temporal artery, ↑arteria temporalis anterior, ↑intermediate temporal… … Useful english dictionary
Temporal nerves — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Mandibular nerve branches. Caption2 = Innervates = BranchFrom = trigeminal nerve, facial nerve BranchTo = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = DorlandsSuf = The temporal… … Wikipedia
temporal fascia — noun Etymology: temporal (IV) : a broad fascia covering the temporal muscle and attached below to the zygomatic arch … Useful english dictionary
temporal fossa — noun Etymology: temporal (IV) : one of the broad fossae on the sides of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit lodging muscles for raising the lower jaw that in man is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone and greater wing of… … Useful english dictionary
temporal — temporal, ale, aux [ tɑ̃pɔral, o ] adj. • 1520; timporal v. 1370; bas lat. temporalis, du class. tempus, oris « tempe » ♦ Anat. Qui appartient aux tempes. Région temporale. Lobe temporal du cerveau. Os temporal, ou subst. le temporal : os formant … Encyclopédie Universelle
Muscle — is the tissue of the body which primarily functions as a source of power. There are three types of muscle in the body. Muscle which is responsible for moving extremities and external areas of the body is called "skeletal muscle." Heart… … Medical dictionary
