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Mandible
| 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 |