muscle of mastication

English

Noun

muscle of mastication (plural muscles of mastication)

1. (anatomy) Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.

Translations

any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 咀嚼肌 (jǔjuéjī)

• Finnish: puremalihas (fi)
• Hungarian: rágóizom (hu)
• Japanese: 咀嚼筋 (そしゃくきん, soshakukin)
• Romanian: mușchi masticator (ro) m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can