- In
jawed vertebrates, the
mandible (from the
Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'),
lower jaw, or
jawbone is a bone that
makes up the lower – and
typically more...
- Look up
mandible in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
mandible is the
lower jawbone of a
vertebrate animal.
Mandible may also
refer to:
Mandible (arthropod...
- The
Mandibles: A Family, 2029-2047 is a 2016
novel by
American author Lionel Shriver. It was
first published by
HarperCollins in the
United Kingdom in...
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mandible below; it is from
these bones that its name is derived. The
joints are
unique in
their bilateral function,
being connected via the
mandible....
- The
angle of the
mandible (a.k.a.
gonial angle, M****eteric Tuberosity, and M****eteric Insertion) is
located at the
posterior border at the
junction of...
-
Mandibles (French: Mandibules) is a 2020 French-Belgian
comedy film
written and
directed by
Quentin Dupieux. It
stars David Marsais, Grégoire Ludig, Adèle...
- The
Xiahe mandible ([ɕjâxɤ̌], sh'ya-khuh) is a
hominin fossil jaw (
mandible)
discovered in
Baishiya Karst Cave,
located on the
northeastern edge of the...
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Insect mandibles are a pair of
appendages near the insect's mouth, and the most
anterior of the
three pairs of oral
appendages (the
labrum is more anterior...
- In
human anatomy, the
mandible's coronoid process (from Gr**** korōnē 'hooked') is a thin,
triangular eminence,
which is
flattened from side to side and...
- The
lingula of the
mandible is a
prominent bony
ridge on the
medial side of the
mandible. It is next to the
mandibular foramen. It
gives attachment to...
