musculus temporalis

English Thesaurus

1. muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws (noun.body)

hypernym	:	skeletal muscle, striated muscle,
definition	:	a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes (noun.body)