TEMPORALIS MUSCLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible
   • acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
   Synonym(s)
   • musculus temporalis (what does musculus temporalis mean?)
   • temporalis (what does temporalis mean?)
   • temporal muscle (what does temporal muscle mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) temporalis muscle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • skeletal muscle (what does skeletal muscle mean?)
   • striated muscle (what does striated muscle mean?)