mandibular fossa

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Related to mandibular fossa: infratemporal fossa, Mandibular foramen

mandibular fossa

[man′dib·yə·lər ′fäs·ə]

(anatomy)

The depression in the temporal bone that articulates with the mandibular condyle.

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In the case of IGM 2, the mandibular fossa, the shape of the horizontal ramus, the [N.

Two new glyptodont records (Mammalia: Cingulata) from the late Pleistocene of Tamaulipas and Tlaxcala, Mexico: implications for the taxonomy of the genus Glyptotherium

Being herbivorous the roe deer's mandibular head was concave and the mandibular fossa was lateromedial in direction and also the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles were well developed.

Anatomy of the Temporomandibular Joint and Masticatory Muscles in Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus

It articulates with the temporal mandibular fossa of the temporal bone to form the temporal mandibular joint (TMJ).

Trauma radiography of the mandible

On palpation, the left mandibular fossa was found to be empty and the tip of the mandibular ramus was displaced 3 to 4 cm caudad and forward in relation to the fossa.