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    the temporalis muscle, also known as the temporal muscle, is one of the muscles of mastication (chewing). It is a broad, fan-shaped convergent muscle on...
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    or neither in the cover of dermal bone that formerly covered the temporalis muscle, whose origin is the temple and whose insertion is the jaw. The brain...
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    strong jaw muscles. The sagittal crest serves primarily for attachment of the temporalis muscle, which is one of the main chewing muscles. Development...
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    outer surfaces of four bones of the skull. The fossa is filled by the temporalis muscle. Medial/floor: frontal bone, parietal bone, (squamous part of) temporal...
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    Bruxism (category Pathology of temporomandibular joints, muscles of mastication and associated structures)
    Headaches, particularly pain in the temples, caused by muscle pain associated with the temporalis muscle. Excessive tooth wear, particularly attrition, which...
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    contains superficial muscles, including the lower part of the temporalis muscle, the lateral pterygoid muscle, and the medial pterygoid muscle. It also contains...
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    the temporalis muscle and the pericranium. They anastomose with the middle temporal artery, among other vessels. They supply the temporalis muscle. The...
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    portions of the anterior temporalis muscle are inversely correlated in size, with the anterior being larger. Although the temporalis muscle is used for chewing...
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    deep temporal fascia: 357 ) is a fascia of the head that covers the temporalis muscle and structures situated superior to the zygomatic arch. The fascia...
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  • Thumbnail for Platysma muscle
    The platysma muscle is a superficial muscle of the human neck that overlaps the sternocleidomastoid. It covers the anterior surface of the neck superficially...
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    pterygomandibular space by the lateral pterygoid muscle inferiorly and from the superficial temporal space by the temporalis muscle laterally. The deep temporal space...
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    the mandibular nerve (CN V3) and provide motor innervation to the temporalis muscle. They usually arise from (the anterior division of) the mandibular...
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    location named after the near main structure such as the temporal muscle (temporalis) near to the temporal bone. Also supra- above; infra- below, and sub-...
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    another change in the shape of the temporalis muscle. The main constraint to opening the jaws is that the temporalis muscle will tear if it is stretched past...
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    include the temporalis, masseter, and pterygoid muscles. The disease is usually bilateral. MMM is caused by the presence of 2M fibers in the muscles of the...
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    would have supported the forces generated by the temporalis. The size and orientation of the temporalis is similar to carnivorans, where it corresponds...
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    the head, and is paired on either side. It is located deep to the temporalis muscle The inferior portion of the deep temporal space is also termed the...
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    the mandibular coronoid process. Along with the other three muscles of mastication (temporalis, medial pterygoid, and lateral pterygoid), the masseter is...
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    muscles are: The masseter (composed of the superficial and deep head) The temporalis (the sphenomandibularis is considered a part of the temporalis by...
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    scalp after applying anaesthetics and antibiotics to the patient. The temporalis muscle is reflected, and all surrounding soft tissues are removed, thus completely...
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  • muscle, allowing the amplitude of the impulse to be known and shown on a graph. The ECMs were focussed on the masseter muscle and temporalis muscle....
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    articulation with the great wing of the sphenoid. Squama temporalis Squama temporalis Squama temporalis This article incorporates text in the public domain...
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    vein, which is joined by the middle temporal vein emerging from the temporalis muscle. It then crosses the posterior root of the zygomatic arch, enters...
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    The digastric muscle (also digastricus) (named digastric as it has two 'bellies') is a bilaterally paired suprahyoid muscle located under the jaw. Its...
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    This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...
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  • on either side of the mandibular ramus and on either side of the temporalis muscle. This is also referred to as the masseter space or the superifical...
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    nerve is stimulated with electricity, muscles that close the jaw (particularly temporalis muscle and masseter muscle) are inhibited. This is a brainstem...
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    palatini branch) Lateral pterygoid nerve Lateral pterygoid muscle Deep temporal nerve Temporalis muscle (Sensory Innervation) Buccal nerve Inside of the cheek...
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  • temporal gyrus temporal lobe temporal pole temporalis muscle temporomandibular joint tendon tensor tympani muscle tensor veli palatini tentorial incisure...
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    and is paired on each side. It is located between the lateral pterygoid muscle and the medial surface of the ramus of the mandible. The pterygomandibular...
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