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Temporal Muscle

Medical Definition: A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible.
Guide Notes: /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Previously Indexed: Facial Muscles (1966-1979),Masticatory Muscles (1966-1979),Muscles (1966-1979)

Temporal Muscle Medical Definitions and Terms

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