Contents
Anatomy pictures
Referred pain pattern
Symptoms
- Headache, lateral side of head
- Tootache, or tooth sensitivity
Videos - treatment techniques
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Anatomy
Position
- Superficial (inferior part is deep)
Origin
- Fossa temporalis
Insertion
- Processus coronoideus mandibulae
- Ramus of mandibula
Main function
- Mandibula
- Elevation
Secondary function
- Mandibula
- Retraction
Nerve innervation
- Segmental
- Trigeminal nerve, CN V
- Peripheral
- Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve
Arterial supply
- Maxillary artery
- Superficial temporal artery