Mandibular notch
Bone: Mandibular notch
Mandible . Outer surface. Side view. (Mandibular notch visible at upper right.)
Latin incisura mandibulae
Gray's subject #44 174
Dorlands/Elsevier i_05/12447423
The upper border of the ramus of mandible is thin, and is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid process in front and the condyloid process behind, separated by a deep concavity, the mandibular notch .
Bones of head and neck : the face
maxilla
Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus - surfaces of body Anterior (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa, Infraorbital foramen, Anterior nasal spine) - Infratemporal (Alveolar canals, Maxillary tuberosity) - Orbital (Infraorbital groove, Infraorbital canal) - Nasal (Pterygopalatine canal)processes Zygomatic process - Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) - Alveolar process - Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Premaxilla, Anterior nasal spine)
lacrimal Posterior lacrimal crest - Lacrimal groove
zygomatic Orbital process - foramina (Zygomaticofacial, Zygomaticotemporal, Zygomaticoörbital)
palatine
Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossaprocesses (Orbital - Sphenoidal)
mandible body Mental spine , Mylohyoid line)ramus Mandibular notch )
others
nasal bone - inferior nasal conchae (ethmoidal process, maxillary process) - vomer
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