Mandibular notch
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Bone: Mandibular notch | |
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Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Mandibular notch visible at upper right.) | |
Latin | incisura mandibulae |
Gray's | subject #44 174 |
Dorlands / Elsevier |
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The upper border of the ramus of mandible is thin, and is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid process in front and the condyloid process behind, separated by a deep concavity, the mandibular notch.
[edit] External links
- Anatomy at PSU skel/mandible2
- Diagram at unc.edu
- Mandibular+notch at eMedicine Dictionary
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