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  2. Coronoid process of the mandible - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the mandible's coronoid process (from Greek korōnē 'hooked') is a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size. Its anterior border is convex and is continuous below with the anterior border of the ramus .

  3. Mandible - Wikipedia

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    The coronoid process is a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size. The condyloid process is thicker than the coronoid, and consists of two portions: the mandibular condyle, and the constricted portion which supports it, the neck. The condyle is the most superior part of the mandible and is ...

  4. Temporalis muscle - Wikipedia

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    It forms a tendon which inserts onto the coronoid process of the mandible, with its insertion extending into the retromolar fossa posterior to the most distal mandibular molar. [3] In other mammals, the muscle usually spans the dorsal part of the skull all the way up to the medial line.

  5. Zygomatic arch - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, the zygomatic arch, or cheek bone, is a part of the skull formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone (a bone extending forward from the side of the skull, over the opening of the ear) and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone (the side of the cheekbone), the two being united by an oblique suture (the zygomaticotemporal suture); [1] the tendon of the temporal muscle ...

  6. Trihecaton - Wikipedia

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    The teeth are largest right behind the tip of the snout and diminish in size towards the back of the mouth. The complete left mandible was 2.6 centimeters (1.0 inches) in length, indicating that the skull was similar in size. The mandible would have preserved approximately nineteen teeth, further back it rises up into a pronounced coronoid process.

  7. Mandibular notch - Wikipedia

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    It is the gap between the coronoid process anteriorly and the condyloid process posteriorly. Function ... Position of mandibular notch in skull, shown in red.

  8. Coronoid process - Wikipedia

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    The Coronoid process (from Greek korone, "like a crown") can refer to: . The coronoid process of the mandible, part of the ramus mandibulae of the mandible; The coronoid process of the ulna, a triangular eminence projecting forward from the upper and front part of the ulna

  9. Mandibular fossa - Wikipedia

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    The condyloid process of the mandible articulates with the temporal bone of the skull at the mandibular fossa. [3] [4]