Muscles / Head & neck
Temporalis
- Head & neck
- Head & face
- Superficial layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Floor of the temporal fossa and deep surface of the temporal fascia
- Insertion
- Tip and medial surface of the coronoid process and anterior border of the ramus of the mandible
- Nerve
- Deep temporal nerves from the mandibular nerve (CN V3)
Actions
- Elevates the mandible
- Posterior fibres retrude the mandible
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e