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Temporalis
Temporalis meaning
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.
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Paranthropus was more massively built craniodentally and tended to sport gorilla -like sagittal crests on the cranium which anchored massive temporalis muscles of mastication.
The main muscles involved are the masseter, temporalis and medial and lateral pterygoid muscles.
The temporalis attaches from the dentary (specifically, the coronoid process ) to the side of the braincase, providing torque about the axis of jaw articulation.