Mandible
| Mandible | |
|---|---|
| File:Mandibule.jpg The mandible | |
| File:Gray190.png The human skull, with the mandible shown in purple at the bottom. | |
| Details | |
| Precursor | 1st branchial arch[1] |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | mandibula |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
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| Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 865: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|edit on Wikidata]]] | |
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.
References[change]
- ↑ hednk-023—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
