====== MANDIBLE OR LOWER JAW ======

  * MANDIBLE
    * Body of mandible
      * Base of mandible
      * (Mandibular symphysis)
      * Mental protuberance
       * Mental tubercle
      * Mental foramen
      * Oblique line
      * Digastric fossa
      * Superior mental spine; superior genial spine
      * Inferior mental spine; inferior genial spine
      * Mylohyoid line
      * (Mandibular torus)
      * Sublinqual fossa
      * Submandibular fossa
      * Alveolar part
        * Alveolar arch
        * Dental alveoli
        * Interalveolar septa
          * Interradicular septa
      * Alveolar yokes
      * Retromolar triangle
      * Retromolar fossa
    * Ramus of mandible
      * Angle of mandible
      * (Masseteric tuberosity)
      * (Pterygoid tuberosity)
      * Mandibular foramen
        * Lingula
      * Mandibular canal
      * Mylohyoid groove
      * Coronoid process
      * Temporal crest
      * Mandibular notch
      * Condylar process
        * Head of mandible
        * Neck of mandible
        * Pterygoid fovea
  

===== CONSTITUENT PARTS  =====


==== RAMUS ====


==== BODY ====




===== MUSCLE ATTACHMENTS AND RELATIONS =====

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===== AGE CHANGES IN MANDBILE =====


|  473  |   |  MANDIBULA                                     |  MANDIBLE                                      |   |
|  474  |   |  Corpus mandibulae                             |  Body of mandible                              |   |
|  475  |   |  Basis mandibulae                              |  Base of mandible                              |   |
|  476  |   |  (Symphysis mandibulae)                        |  (Mandibular symphysis)                        |   |
|  477  |   |  Protuberantia mentalis                        |  Mental protuberance                           |   |
|  478  |   |  Tuberculum mentale                            |  Mental tubercle                               |   |
|  479  |   |  Foramen mentale                               |  Mental foramen                                |   |
|  480  |   |  Linea obliqua                                 |  Oblique line                                  |   |
|  481  |   |  Fossa digastrica                              |  Digastric fossa                               |   |
|  482  |   |  Spina mentalis superior; spina geni superior  |  Superior mental spine; superior genial spine  |   |
|  483  |   |  Spina mentalis inferior; spina geni inferior  |  Inferior mental spine; inferior genial spine  |   |
|  484  |   |  Linea mylohyoidea                             |  Mylohyoid line                                |   |
|  485  |   |  (Torus mandibularis)                          |  (Mandibular torus)                            |   |
|  486  |   |  Fovea sublingualis                            |  Sublinqual fossa                              |   |
|  487  |   |  Fovea submandibularis                         |  Submandibular fossa                           |   |
|  488  |   |  Pars alveolaris                               |  Alveolar part                                 |   |
|  489  |   |  Arcus alveolaris                              |  Alveolar arch                                 |   |
|  490  |   |  Alveoli dentales                              |  Dental alveoli                                |   |
|  491  |   |  Septa interalveolaria                         |  Interalveolar septa                           |   |
|  492  |   |  Septa interradicularia                        |  Interradicular septa                          |   |
|  493  |   |  Juga alveolaria                               |  Alveolar yokes                                |   |
|  494  |   |  Trigonum retromolare                          |  Retromolar triangle                           |   |
|  495  |   |  Fossa retromolaris                            |  Retromolar fossa                              |   |
|  496  |   |  Ramus mandibulae                              |  Ramus of mandible                             |   |
|  497  |   |  Angulus mandibulae                            |  Angle of mandible                             |   |
|  498  |   |  (Tuberositas masseterica)                     |  (Masseteric tuberosity)                       |   |
|  499  |   |  (Tuberositas pterygoidea)                     |  (Pterygoid tuberosity)                        |   |
|  500  |   |  Foramen mandibulae                            |  Mandibular foramen                            |   |
|  501  |   |  Lingula mandibulae                            |  Lingula                                       |   |
|  502  |   |  Canalis mandibulae                            |  Mandibular canal                              |   |
|  503  |   |  Sulcus mylohyoideus                           |  Mylohyoid groove                              |   |
|  505  |   |  Processus coronoideus                         |  Coronoid process                              |   |
|  506  |   |  Crista temporalis                             |  Temporal crest                                |   |
|  507  |   |  Incisura mandibulae                           |  Mandibular notch                              |   |
|  508  |   |  Processus condylaris                          |  Condylar process                              |   |
|  509  |   |  Caput mandibulae; condylus mandibulae         |  Head of mandible                              |   |
|  510  |   |  Collum mandibulae                             |  Neck of mandible                              |   |
|  511  |   |  Fovea pterygoidea                             |  Pterygoid fovea                               |   |