The importance of the Clerkâs position was underlined by Lord Justice Caldecote ruling in Hurle-Hobbs ex parte Riley and another (1944) observed: âThe office of town clerk is an important part of the machinery of local government.
Along with the other three muscles of mastication (temporalis, medial pterygoid, and lateral pterygoid), the masseter is innervated by the anterior division of the mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal nerve.
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Related to masseter muscle: temporalis muscle. The major jaw muscle, which participates in protraction, retraction and side to side movement of the jaw. Action. Closes jaw. Nerve. Mandibular branch of trigeminal. Origin, superficial part. Zygomatic process of maxilla, inferior border of zygomatic arch.