Lower Jaw
Of jaw and articulator. May also be referred to as jawbone, jowl, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone and submaxilla.
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
This concept's ID is @1~28846
Craniometric Point
- 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.
- pogonion
The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface...
- symphysion
The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible.
Also contains
- coronoid process of the mandible
The coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal...
- lantern jaw
A long thin lower jaw.
- mandibular notch
Small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone.
- condylar process
The condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull.