Mandible Anatomy Overview

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What is the main function of the mandible?

Protects the brain

Holds the lower teeth (correct)

Aids in breathing

Supports the upper teeth

Which part of the mandible is horseshoe-shaped?

Rami

Symphysis menti

Body (correct)

Alveolar process

Where are the genial tubercles located on the mandible?

On the rami

On the symphysis menti (correct)

On the alveolar process

On the inferior border of the mandible

What is found at the base of the mental protuberance?

Mental tubercle Signup and view all the answers

Which bone of the face is the largest and strongest?

Mandible Signup and view all the answers

What part of the mandible gives attachment to the anterior belly of the digastric muscle?

Inferior border Signup and view all the answers

Where does the mental foramen provide passage to?

Mental nerve and vessels Signup and view all the answers

What is the feature just below the incisor teeth called?

Incisive fossa Signup and view all the answers

Which muscle arises from the mylohyoid line?

Mylohyoid Signup and view all the answers

Where do the anterior belly of digastrics arise from?

Digastric fossa Signup and view all the answers

What is a prominent oblique ridge that runs downwards and forwards from behind the 3rd molar tooth?

Mylohyoid line Signup and view all the answers

Where does the sublingual gland lodge?

Sublingual fossa Signup and view all the answers

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Questions and Answers

What is the main function of the mandible?

Which part of the mandible is horseshoe-shaped?

Where are the genial tubercles located on the mandible?

What is found at the base of the mental protuberance?

Which bone of the face is the largest and strongest?

What part of the mandible gives attachment to the anterior belly of the digastric muscle?

Where does the mental foramen provide passage to?

What is the feature just below the incisor teeth called?

Which muscle arises from the mylohyoid line?

Where do the anterior belly of digastrics arise from?

What is a prominent oblique ridge that runs downwards and forwards from behind the 3rd molar tooth?

Where does the sublingual gland lodge?

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