Noun
temporalis (plural temporales)
(anatomy) 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.
Synonym: temporal muscle
Augustinus Theiner (editor), Codex Diplomaticus dominii temporalis S. Sedis I (Rome 1861), p. 197 no. 349. In a letter of 4 March, the Pope testifies that King Charles had sworn fealty for the Kingdom of Naples and of Sicily. Source: Internet
Paranthropus was more massively built craniodentally and tended to sport gorilla -like sagittal crests on the cranium which anchored massive temporalis muscles of mastication. Source: Internet
The temporalis attaches from the dentary (specifically, the coronoid process ) to the side of the braincase, providing torque about the axis of jaw articulation. Source: Internet
The main muscles involved are the masseter, temporalis and medial and lateral pterygoid muscles. Source: Internet