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temporalis muscle

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Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that is innervated by the deep temporal branches of the trigeminal nerve and attaches to the wall of the braincase (including the cranial vault) and mandible. [ MFMO:0000085 ]

Synonyms: musculus temporalis, temporalis, temporal muscle

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Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

Pharyngeal arch 1 muscle that is innervated by the deep temporal nerves and attaches to the wall of the braincase and mandible.[FEED], the superior-most masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible

UBPROP 0000003

The division of the adductor mandibulae in the various lines of tetrapod evolution correlates with divergences in their methods of feeding. (...) As the jaws become stronger and their movements more complex in the line of evolution toward mammals, the adductor complex becomes divided into several distinct muscles (temporalis, masseter, pterygoideus, tensor tympani, tensor veli palati).[well established][VHOG]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Gray382.png

has related synonym

musculus temporalis

has broad synonym

jaw adductor muscle

id

UBERON:0001598

prefLabel

temporalis muscle, Temporalis