masseter

• Nom désignant un muscle épais et puissant situé à l'arrière de la joue, qui élève la mandibule et participe à la mastication.

A noun referring to a large muscle that raises the lower jaw and is involved in the action of chewing.

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   A thick, rectangular muscle in the cheek that is one of the primary muscles of mastication, responsible for elevating the mandible (lower jaw) to close the mouth and for powerful biting and chewing.

   Muscle masséter

   • The masseter is one of the strongest muscles in the human body relative to its size.
   • Clenching your teeth can cause the masseter muscle to become hypertrophied.
   • The dentist asked the patient to relax his masseter muscle during the examination.