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MeSH Heading: Temporal Muscle
Tree Number(s): A02.633.567.600.850; A14.530.940
Unique ID: D013703
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013703
Annotation: /growth: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; /‌embryol: coord with MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT if pertinent
Scope Note: A masticatory muscle whose action is closing the jaws; its posterior portion retracts the mandible.
Previous Indexing: Facial Muscles (1966-1979); Masticatory Muscles (1966-1979); Muscles (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under MASTICATORY MUSCLES 1980-90
History Note: 91(80); was see under MASTICATORY MUSCLES 1980-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/03/12
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

blood supply (BS)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Temporal Muscle MeSH Descriptor Data 2023