Mandible bone AZREENASHAFIQAH BT AZMEE D11A005
Feb 24, 2016
Mandible bone
AZREENASHAFIQAH BT AZMEED11A005
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