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Muscles masticateurs proprement dits

English translation: [muscles of mastication] per se

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French term or phrase:Muscles masticateurs proprement dits
English translation:[muscles of mastication] per se
Entered by: Julie Thompson

03:22 Aug 17, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry / French - English dental c
French term or phrase: Muscles masticateurs proprement dits
Good evening! I'm working on the summary of a French dental course transcript. Unfortunately, the context is simply a list of anatomy courses:

E - Muscles
a) MUSCLES MASTICATEURS PROPREMENT DITS
b) Muscles sus hyoïdiens
c) Muscles de la mimique

F - Glandes salivaires
a) glandes salivaires interpariétales et extra-pariétales

I've got the 'muscles of mastication' part, but what would the "procurement dits" refer to? Possible translations:
"muscles of mastication", properly speaking
"muscles of mastication by themselves"

Or some other more natural translation? Thanks for your suggestions!
Julie Thompson
United States
Local time: 05:24
[muscles of mastication] per se
Explanation:
Maybe there is a better choice but this would sound natural.

The point is that some muscles are involved in chewing but only indirectly bevause they are attachments to the main muscles.

"muscles proper" also would be correct, but archaic or too British.
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mrrafe
United States
Local time: 05:24
Grading comment
Or, "as such" (philgoddard)
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3Primary muscles of mastication
Suzie Withers
3 +2[muscles of mastication] per se
mrrafe
4primary mastication muscles
Drmanu49


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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
[muscles of mastication] per se


Explanation:
Maybe there is a better choice but this would sound natural.

The point is that some muscles are involved in chewing but only indirectly bevause they are attachments to the main muscles.

"muscles proper" also would be correct, but archaic or too British.

mrrafe
United States
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Or, "as such" (philgoddard)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, mmrafe; actually, I ended up using Mr. Goddard's suggestion.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Or "as such".
8 mins
  -> Merci Phil, "as such" is better I think, if you want to post it.
agree  liz askew
2 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Primary muscles of mastication


Explanation:
A number of articles talk about "primary" and "accessory" muscles of mastication, so I wonder if this could be used?


    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK541027/
Suzie Withers
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: Imo, this makes more sense in a medical context.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you :)
agree  Rachel Fell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscles_of_mastication
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Rachel :)
agree  Daryo: makes sense
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks Daryo
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
primary mastication muscles


Explanation:
Muscles of mastication | Radiology Reference Article ...
radiopaedia.org › articles › muscles-...
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Aller à Primary - The muscles of mastication can be divided into primary and secondary groups according to whether they connect the mandible directly to ...



Drmanu49
France
Local time: 11:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 203

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: an agree to the same answer above would have been nice. Even your refs use muscles of mastication/it's not really a matter of parsing.
1 hr
  -> Precisely, I don't agree with the parsing
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