THE SKULL AND THE BONES OF THE SKULL 



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Condyle 



Processus condyloidens 



Alveolar process 



Angular process (var.. 

 Processus angularis (var.) 



External oblique line. 

 Linea obliqua 



Head of the condyle 



Coronoio. process Capitulum mandibulae \ 



Processus coronoideus \ 



External pterygoid fossa 

 Fovea pterygoidea 



Interalveolar septa 



(juga alveolaria) 

 A Juga alveolaria 



'Buccinator crest 

 "Crista buccinatoria , 



" rna 



Samus of the mandible 



Angle of the jaw 

 Angulus mandibute 



Body of the mandible 



Mental tubercle 

 Tuberculum mentale 



Mental protuberance 

 Protuberantia mentalis 



Mental foramen 

 Foramen mentale 



FIG. 190. THE INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONE SEEN FROM BEFORE. 



" The angle of the jaw," writ's Quain, "... is more or less rounded off." The specimen from which 

 Fig. 190 was drawn has, however, an abnormal projection at each angle, to which in the German nomenclature 

 the n.ims processus angularis (var.) is given. This variety is not described by Quain or by Macalister. Tu. 



Head of the condyle 



Capitulum mandibulae i 



Angle of the jaw 



Angulus mandibuk 



Neck of the condyle 



Collum mandibulze 



__ Coronoid process 



Processus coronoideus 



Lingula mandibula 



Mandibular or inferior 

 dental foramen 



Foremen mandibulare 



Mylohyoid groove 



Sulcus mylohyoideu 



Base of the mandible 

 Basis mandibulae 



Subliugual fossa 

 Fovea sublingualis 



--Internal pterygoid 



tuberosity 

 Tuberositas ptery- 

 goidea 



Submaxillary fossa 

 Fovea submaxillaris 



Internal oblique line, or mylo- 



hyoid ridge 

 Linea mylohyoidea 



Mental tubercle 

 Tuberculum mentale 



Mental spine 



Spina mentalis 



Digital depression, or digastric fossa 

 11 Fossa digastrica 



FIG. 191. THE INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONE SEEN FROM BEHIND. 

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



