Temporal muscle

Beginning: fossa temporalis.

Attachment: processus coronoideus mandibulae.

Innervation: nn. temporales profundi (3rd trigeminal branch nervus trigeminus).

Function: adduction or elevation of the mandible (closing the mouth).

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References

• ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomy 1. 2. edition. Grada, 2001. 497 pp. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.