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CHP8 Skeletal; Facial Bones and Their Markings; Mandible

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Mandible   Lower jawbone; largest, strongest bone of the face  
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Body   Main part of the bone; forms the chin  
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Ramus   Process, one on either side, that projects upward from the posterior part of the body  
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Condylar process   Part of each ramus that articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone  
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Neck   Constricted part just below the condyles  
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Aveolar process   Teeth set into this arch  
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Mandibular foramen   Opening on the inner surface of the ramus; transmits and blood vessels to the lower teeth  
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Mental foramen   Opening on the outer surface below the space between the two bicuspids; transmits the terminal branches of the nerves and vessels that enter the bone through the mandibular foramen; dentists inject anesthetics through these foramina  
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Coronoid process   Projection upward from the anterior part of each ramus; the temporal muscle inserts here  
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Angle   Juncture of posterior and inferior margins of ramus  
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