mandible

Also known as jawbone, inferior maxillary bone, lower maxilla, lower jaw, jaw bone

In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin mandibula, 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla).

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The mandible is the lower jawbone in animals with jaws, and it's the part of your mouth that typically moves when you chew. It matters because it's essential for eating and speaking, forming the mobile lower portion of the mouth while the upper jaw (maxilla) stays relatively fixed.

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Key facts

Bone.Latin: mandibula
Bone.Name: Mandible
Bone.Image: Mandible bone - animation 02.gif
Bone.Caption: Position of the mandible in a 3D model of a human skull
Bone.Precursor: First pharyngeal arch

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Research

94,718 papers

The "sand watch" mandible.Folia morphologica · 2023Rusu MC, Stoenescu MD, Butucescu M et al.DOI: 10.5603/FM.a2022.0012
The mandible--an analysis.Acta anatomica · 1992Nayeem FDOI: 10.1159/000147354
A review of the intraosseous course of the nerves of the mandible.ReviewThe Journal of oral implantology · 1991Anderson LC, Kosinski TF, Mentag PJ
Review of Risk Assessment of Major Anatomical Variations in Clinical Dentistry: Accessory Foramina of the Mandible.ReviewClinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) · 2019Iwanaga J, Kikuta S, Tanaka T et al.DOI: 10.1002/ca.23366
Mandible mechanical properties and composition of the larval Glossosoma boltoni (Trichoptera, Insecta).Scientific reports · 2024Krings W, Below P, Gorb SNDOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55211-5
Analysis of the atrophic mandible rehabilitated with fixed total prosthesis on mono or bicortical implants.Brazilian dental journal · 2024Garutti FCMB, Lehmann RB, Gialain IO et al.DOI: 10.1590/0103-6440202405621
The trunk replaces the longer mandible as the main feeding organ in elephant evolution.eLife · 2024Li C, Deng T, Wang Y et al.DOI: 10.7554/eLife.90908
Sexual dimorphism in the walrus mandible: comparative description and geometric morphometrics.PeerJ · 2022Boisville M, Chatar N, Lambert O et al.DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13940

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Wikidata facts

Image: Human jawbone left.jpg

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Commons category: Mandibles
WordLift URL: data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/mandible

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Contents

Structure
Components
Body
Borders
Ramus
Borders
Processes
Foramina
Nerves
Variation
Function
Phylogeny
Development
Aging
Clinical significance
Fracture
Dislocation and displacement
Resorption
Mandibulectomy
Regeneration
Forensic medicine
In culture
Additional images
See also
References
External links

The jawbone is the skull's only movable, posable bone, sharing joints with the cranium's temporal bones. The mandible hosts the lower teeth (their depth delineated by the alveolar process). Many muscles attach to the bone, which also hosts nerves (some connecting to the teeth) and blood vessels. Amongst other functions, the jawbone is essential for chewing food.