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])[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ɕa̠kɯ̟ᵝkʲĩɴ]

Noun

咀(そ)嚼(しゃく)筋(きん) • (soshakukin)

(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”)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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