Mandible bone

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WHAT IS MANDIBLE??-the lower jawbone in vertebrates.-hinged to open the mouth.-essential for movement of the mouth.

-TO CRUSH ON FOOD.

-The mandible is divided into body, ramus, condylar process, and coronoid process.

SEVERAL PICTURES OF MANDIBLE

TEETH LOCATION IN MANDIBLE

Hyoid process

What is hyoid bone??

-bone in the neck, and is the only bone in the human skeleton not articulated to any other bone.

-It is supported by the muscles of the neck.

-supports the root of the tongue.

-Belongs to axial skeleton.

-NOT ARTICULATED TO ANOTHER BONE.

PICTURES OF HYOID BONE