"lower jawbone" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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 jaw
has:
- 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
same as: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla