Definition of lower jaw Lower jaw
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What does lower jaw mean?
WordNet
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| lower jaw - the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth | ||
| mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl | ||
| jaw holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object | ||
| articulator a movable speech organ | ||
| 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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