咀嚼筋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
咀	嚼	筋
そ Hyōgaiji	しゃく Hyōgaiji	きん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

咀嚼 +‎ 筋

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そしゃくきん [sòshákúkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝkʲĩɴ]

Noun

咀(そ)嚼(しゃく)筋(きん) • (soshakukin) 

1. (anatomy) muscle of mastication

Hyponyms

• 咬筋(こうきん) (kōkin, “masseter muscle”)
• 側頭筋(そくとうきん) (sokutōkin, “temporal muscle”)
• 外側翼突筋(がいそくよくとつきん) (gaisokuyokutotsukin, “lateral pterygoid muscle”)
• 内側翼突筋(ないそくよくとつきん) (naisokuyokutotsukin, “medial pterygoid muscle”)