Look up: mandible

1. Mandible
   the lower jaw
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2. Mandible
   (pronounced MAN-dah-bul) The mandible is the lower jaw.
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3. Mandible
   the lower jaw.
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4. Mandible
   another term for the lower jaw
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5. Mandible
   The lower jaw.
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6. Mandible
   Mandible: The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal bone is called the temporomandibular joint.
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7. Mandible
   Man'di·ble noun [ Latin mandibula , mandibulum , from mandere to chew. Confer Manger .] 1. (Anat.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or th...
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8. mandible
   The jaw bone. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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9. mandible
   (man´dĭ-bәl) the horseshoe-shaped bone forming the lower jaw. It consists of a central portion that forms the chin and supports the lower teeth, and two perpendicular portions or rami that point upward from the back of the chin on either side and articulate with the temporal bones at the temporomandibular joi...
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10. Mandible
    • (n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the lower jaw; the inferior maxilla; -- also applied to either the upper or the lower jaw in the beak of birds. • (n.) The anterior pair of mouth organs of insects, crustaceaus, and related animals, whether adapted for biting or not. See Illust. of Diptera.
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11. mandible
    (from the article `crustacean`) ...In most adults the antennules and antennae are sensory organs, but in the nauplius larva the antennae often are used for both swimming and ... either of a pair of bones that form the framework of the mouth of vertebrate animals, usually containing teeth and including a movable lower jaw ... [5 relat...
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12. Mandible
    The lower jaw.
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13. Mandible
    The mandible (lower jawbone) is the only movable bone in the skull. It mounts the teeth and provides structure and protective support for the oral cavity. The mandible is articulated in ball-and- socket fashion at the condylar process. The caput of this process fits into the mandibular fossa of the ...
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14. mandible
    Type: Term Pronunciation: man′di-bŭl Definitions: 1. A U-shaped bone (in superior view), forming the lower jaw, articulating by its upturned extremities with the temporal bone on either side. Synonyms: mandibula, jaw bone, lower jaw, mandibulum, submaxilla
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15. Mandible
    The bone of the lower jaw.
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16. mandible
    (L: mandere to chew) one of two horizontally apposed teeth-like appendages on the underside of the head of a crustacean, used to crush and tear prey. Also used to denote the jaw, especially the lower jaw in mammals and fishes.
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17. MANDIBLE
    The lower jaw.
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18. Mandible
    Your lower jaw
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19. MANDIBLE
    The lower jaw bone.
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20. mandible
    Latin mandere = to chew; hence, the movable lower jaw; adjective - mandibular.
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21. Mandible
    (the lower jaw) The mandible also known as the jawbone is the lower jaw of the human skeleton and is the largest and strongest bone of the face. The mandible serves as a fixing area for the lower teeth and consists of a curved horizontal portion called the body and two perpendicular portions called the rami. Each of these importa...
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22. Mandible
    lower bill
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23. Mandible
    (insect mouthpart) Grasshoppers, crickets, and other simple insects: The mouthparts of orthopteran insects are often used as a basic example of mandibulate (chewing) mouthparts, and the mandibles themselves are likewise generalized in structure. They are large and hardened, shaped like pinche...
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24. Mandible
    (arthropod mouthpart) The mandibles of a Bull ant The `mandible` of an arthropod is either of a pair of mouthparts used for biting, cutting and holding food. Mandibles are often simply referred to as jaws. Mandibles are present in the extant subphyla Myriapoda (millipedes and others), Crustac...
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25. Mandible
    In vertebrates, the `mandible`, `lower jaw` or `jawbone` is a bone forming the skull with the cranium. In lobe-finned fishes and the early fossil tetrapods, the bone homologous to the mandible of mammals is merely the largest of several bones in the lower jaw. In such animals, it is referred to as t...
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