Temporal muscle
Musculus temporalis
Chiefly to raise the lower jaw, acting with the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles.
About the temporal muscle of the horse
Temporal muscle is a muscle of the head (head), on the left side. Its name in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria is Musculus temporalis. You can turn it above, see it in place in the head of the horse, and open it inside the whole animal in Vetomica.
Where it runs from and to
A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.
- Origin
- The temporal fossa.
- Insertion
- The coronoid process of the mandible.
- Action
- Chiefly to raise the lower jaw, acting with the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Temporal muscle
- Latin (NAV)
- Musculus temporalis
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
The temporal muscle in other animals
The same structure in the other animals in the Library, to compare.
Questions about the temporal muscle
- What is the Latin name of the temporal muscle?
- In the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, the temporal muscle is called Musculus temporalis.
- Where is the temporal muscle of the horse?
- Temporal muscle is a muscle of the head (head), on the left side.
- Where does the temporal muscle originate and insert?
- Origin: The temporal fossa. Insertion: The coronoid process of the mandible.
- What does the temporal muscle do?
- Chiefly to raise the lower jaw, acting with the masseter and medial pterygoid muscles.
See the temporal muscle inside the whole horse.
Vetomica opens on this structure with every layer of the horse around it: peel back the skin and the muscles, cut a section through it, X-ray it, and practise naming it until you stop getting it wrong.
Free for 7 days, no card. After that the skeletons stay free.
