Mandible facts for kids
Bone: Mandible | ||
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Mandible. Outer surface. Side view | ||
Mandible. Inner surface. Side view | ||
Latin | mandibula | |
Gray's | subject #44 172 | |
Precursor | 1st branchial arch | |
MeSH | Mandible |
The mandible is a bone found in all jawed vertebrates. The name comes from Latin mandibula.
In bony fish the lower jaw is made of a number of bones, but these were gradually reduced in evolution.
In humans and other mammals the mandible is simply the jawbone or dentary, which is the largest and strongest bone of the face.
In mammals bones formerly in the lower jaw have become the ear ossicles.
Images for kids
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A panoramic radiograph reveals the mandible, including the heads and necks of the mandibular condyles, the coronoid processes of the mandible, as well as the nasal antrum and the maxillary sinuses.
See also
In Spanish: Mandíbula para niños
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