The Mandible from the lower jaw. It is the only movable bone in the skull apart from the ossicles of the ear. It consists of a body which the central curved horizontal part containing the lower teeth and forming the chin and Two upright portion Rami one at each side which join the body at the angle of the jaw.
The ramus terminates above in two process the coronoid process in front and the condyle off the jaw or as it is sometimes called the head of the mandible which lies behind this mandibular head or condyle articulates with the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint.
the mandible may be depressed and alleviated as in opening and closing the mouth it maybe proud retracted and moved slightly from side to side as in mastication.
The ramus terminates above in two process the coronoid process in front and the condyle off the jaw or as it is sometimes called the head of the mandible which lies behind this mandibular head or condyle articulates with the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint.
the mandible may be depressed and alleviated as in opening and closing the mouth it maybe proud retracted and moved slightly from side to side as in mastication.
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