# Kaumuskel in English: masticatory muscle – dental dictionary

> "Kaumuskel" in English: masticatory muscle. Function & TMD; with spelling variants, synonyms and the sources behind each entry.

Source: https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english/kaumuskel  
Last updated: 2026-10-17T18:26:48Z  
German version: https://hajto.de/zahnmedizin-woerterbuch/kaumuskel.md

**Kaumuskel** = **masticatory muscle**

- **English (US):** masticatory muscle
- **Category:** Function & TMD

## Sources confirming this pair

- MeSH 2026 (NLM) and German MeSH 2026 (ZB MED) (D008410 · Masticatory Muscles / Kaumuskeln (MeSH main heading)): [meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D008410](https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D008410)
- Wikipedia: German and English article on the same concept (language link via Wikidata): [de.wikipedia.org: Kaumuskulatur](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaumuskulatur), [en.wikipedia.org: Muscles of mastication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscles_of_mastication), [Wikidata Q286978](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286978)

[German–English dental dictionary](https://hajto.de/en/tools/dental-dictionary-german-english.md) · Deutscher MeSH 2026, ZB MED – Informationszentrum Lebenswissenschaften, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.de); English MeSH courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.