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nounthe jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouthtype of:
Definition that contains mandible
- dobson large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
- skimmer gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food
- ramus the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical
- temporalis muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- symphysion the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible
- coronion the craniometric point at the tip of the coronoid process of the mandible
- dobsonfly large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait
- musculus temporalis muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws
- glenoid fossa a deep concavity in the temporal bone at the root of the zygomatic arch that receives the condyle of the mandible
- temporal muscle muscle extending from the temporal fossa to the coronoid process of the mandible; acts to raise the mandible and close the jaws