jowl
Noun
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The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth (synset 105283404)
is a type of:
- articulator - a movable speech organ
- jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
subtypes: lantern jaw - a long thin lower jawhas:- gnathion - the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline
- gonion - the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw
- mandibular notch - small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone
- pogonion - the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin
- symphysion - the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible
- condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle - the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull
- coronoid process of the mandible - the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle
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A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) (synset 105610737)
is a type of: feature, lineament - the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chinis a part of: face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
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