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THE SKULL AND THE BONES OF THE SKULL 



Sigmoid notch 



Coronoid process Incisura manclihn'ar 1 / 



Processus coronoideus 



External oblique line 

 Linea obliqua \ 



Alveolar border 



Limbus alveolaris 



Alveolar process 



Body of the mandible 



Mental protuberance 



Protuberantia mentalis 



Head of the condylc 

 /.'apitulum mandibulae 



Condyle 



. cessus condyloideus 



Ramus of the mandible 



--i.Masseteric tuberosity 

 Tuberositas masseterica 



Angle of the jaw 

 Angulus mandibulae 



Mental tubercle / 

 Tuberculum mentale 



FIG. 188. THE INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONE SEEN FROM THE LEFT SIDE. 



Mental protuberance 



Protuberantia mentalis > 



Interalveolar septa 

 Septa interalveolaria \^-^ 



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Mental tubercle 

 Tuberculum mentale 



^,'?i Alveoli, or sockets of the teeth 



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Mental spines 

 Spina mentalis 



Buccinator crest 

 * Crista buccinatoria 



Coronoid process 

 Processus coronoideus 



Lingula 



Lingula mandibulae 



External ptcrygoid fossa 

 Fovea pterygoidea 



Neck of the condyle 



Collum mandibulae 



Head of the condyle 



Capitulum mandibulae 



FIG. 189. THE INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONE SEEN FROM ABOVE. 

 Mandibula The inferior maxillary bone, lower jaw, or mandible. 



