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Mandible

Mandibula

Body carrying the lower teeth, and a ramus with a coronoid process for the temporalis, a condylar process for the jaw joint, and an angular process for the pterygoid and masseter.

System
Bone
Region
Head
Sides
Single, on the midline
Mandible (Mandibula) of the cat: a three-quarter view of the bone.

Measured on the specimen

What the mandible is in contact with in the model itself, with the share of the other structure’s surface it covers. A contact is not always a joint: bones that simply lie against one another are in this list too.

  • Dens praemolaris III mandibularis39%
  • Dens praemolaris III mandibularis39%
  • Dens molaris I mandibularis28%
  • Dens molaris I mandibularis28%
  • Dens praemolaris IV mandibularis25%
  • Dens praemolaris IV mandibularis25%
  • Dens incisivus I mandibularis75%
  • Dens incisivus I mandibularis75%

Measured on the left side.

Terminology

English
Mandible
Latin (NAV)
Mandibula
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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