Question

what is the mandable

Answer 1

Mandable or mandible is the jaw bone

The Jaw consists of two bones

1. Maxilla ( upper jaw )
2. Mandible ( Lower jaw )

• The Mandible is the mobile part of the jaw
• It is made up of following parts:
  • Ramus - the ramus has two process
    • Condyloid process - this articulates with the temporal bone - this joint is called the temporomandibular joint
    • coronoid process
  • body
  • Foramen -
    • Mandibular foramen - mandibular nerve passes through the mandibular foramen
    • Mental foramen - terminal branch of the inferior alveolar nerve and vessel
• It provided the attachment of various muscle of the face
  • Outer side
    • temporalis
    • Masseter
    • Buccinator
    • Platysma
  • Inner side
    • temporalis
    • hylohyoid
    • pterygoideus internus
    • pterygoideus externus
• The teeth are attached to the upper part of the mandible.
• Most of the fracture take place at the condyle