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What is the adjective to mandible?
There are two adjectives rooted in the word 'mandible'. mandibular and mandibulate
Site of mental foramen?
The mental foramen is typically located on the anterior aspect of the mandible, near the region of the premolars. It serves as an exit point for the mental nerve which supplies sensation to the lower lip and chin.
What muscle helps the platysma lower the mandible?
Lateral pterygoid (HOLES book, pg 155 part a )
What are the two bones for the jaw called?
maxilla and mandible
Name two facial bones not found in pair?
The vomer and mandible are facial bones that are not found in pairs. The vomer is located in the nasal cavity, while the mandible is the lower jawbone.
How many bones in a skull?
an elephant has seven bones in its neck
Where is the mandible?
The mandible is your jaw.
What two bones have an alveolar process?
The maxilla and the mandible have an alveolar process, which are the portions of those bones that contain the sockets for the teeth.
What is the bone that is known as your jaw bone?
A person has two jaw bones. One upper jaw bone called the maxilla and the lower bone called the mandible. The maxilla doesn't move but the mandible does. The muscle (masseter) that closes the two is one of the strongest muscles in the human body.
What is the other name for the upper jaw?
The mandible
What two bones support your teeth?
Maxilla ( top) and mandible (bottom)
Total number of bones in human jaw?
There are two bones in the human jaw: the mandible (lower jaw bone) and the maxilla (upper jaw bone).
