temporalis

[医] 颞肌

发音

/ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/

词形变化

temporales 复数 temporales

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.

    颞肌

    医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

temporal muscle

上位词 2

skeletal muscle striated muscle

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

来源：wiktionary