In humans, the mandible is the largest and lowest bone in the facial skeleton. It is the only movable bone of the skull (discounting … Meer weergeven

The mandible forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place. It articulates with the left and right temporal bones at the temporomandibular joints.
The condyloid process, the superior (upper) and … Meer weergeven

The mandible of vertebrates evolved from Meckel's cartilage, left and right segments of cartilage which supported the anterior branchial arch in early fish. Fish jaws surface in species of the large arthrodire genus Dunk… Meer weergeven

The mandible forms as a bone (ossifies) from Meckel's cartilage, which forms the cartilaginous bar of the mandibular arch and, dorsally, parts of the middle ear. The two sides of the jawbone are inferiorly fused at the … Meer weergeven

One fifth of facial injuries involve a mandibular fracture. Mandibular fractures are often accompanied by a 'twin fracture' on the opposite side. There is no universally accepted treatment protocol, as ther… Meer weergeven

In the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament Book of Judges, Samson used a donkey's jawbone to kill a thousand Philistines.
As early as 1900, the phrase jaw-dropping was … Meer weergeven

• Anatomical terms of location
• Bone terminology
• Mandible (arthropod mouthpart)
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery… Meer weergeven