Mandible Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Body (corpus) | thick bony part that anchors the teeth |
Vertical (ascending) ramus | lateral sides |
Mental protuberance (mental eminence) | bump on chin |
Mental symphysis | midline of mandibular bone (on chin) |
Incisive fossa | above chin, big ditch |
Mental foramen | big holes on ectocranium, located on either side of the chin |
Alveolar border (alveolar process) | where teeth are rooted |
Gonial angle | rounded back of jaw (at bottom of mandible) |
Coronoid process | sharp, jutting, tooth-like process on either side |
Condyle | rounded, articulation point of jaw (most superior point on either side) |
Sigmoid notch | also known as mandibular notch, it is the large notch between the condyl and the coronoid process |
Mylohyoid line | pretty thin, looks like line—ridge which juts out from endocranial surface |
Mylohyoid groove | groove on endocranial surface which runs from the edge of the mandibular foramen |
Mental spines | little spines located on endo surface near midline |
Mandibular foramen | hole on endo surface (on vertical ramus) |
Lingual | sharp process poking out above mandibular foramen |
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