English > mandible: 1 sense > noun 1, body| Meaning | The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. |
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| Synonyms | lower jaw, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl |
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| Parts | condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle | The condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull |
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| coronoid process of the mandible | The coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle |
| gnathion | The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline |
| gonion | The craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw |
| mandibular notch | small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone |
| pogonion | The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point / point on the anterior surface of the chin |
| symphysion | The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible |
| Narrower | lantern jaw | A long thin lower jaw |
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| Broader | articulator | A movable speech organ |
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| jaw | The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth |
| Spanish | mandíbula inferior, mandíbula, quijada, submaxilla |
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| Catalan | barra, maixella, mandíbula inferior, mandíbula, maxil·lar inferior, submaxilla |
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| Adjectives | mandibular, inframaxillary | relating to the lower jaw |
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| mandibulate | having mandibles |
