Flashcards: Mandibular Anatomy and Landmarks — 9 cartões

Mandible — what is it?

The only movable facial bone, forming the lower jaw.

Mandible — what is it?

Unpaired, movable facial bone connected to skull.

Mandible parts — main divisions?

Horizontal body and vertical branches (rami).

Mandible parts — main divisions?

Horizontal body and vertical branches.

Gonion — landmark?

Angle where body and ramus meet.

Mental foramen — transmits?

Mental nerve (branch V3).

Condylar process — role?

Articulates with temporal bone at TMJ.

Coronoid process — function?

Muscle attachment site for temporalis.

Temporo-mandibular joint — function?

Enables jaw movement like opening and closing.