mandible coronoid process
A dorsal process on the lower jaw associated with muscle attachment. It may be formed by a separate coronoid bone or as a process of the dentary. In most living (and many extinct) mammals, the most dorsal of the three proximal processes of the jaw. [ http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/glossary/glossaryCh.html#Coronoid%20process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronoid_process_of_the_mandible ]
Synonyms: coronoid process of mandible, processus coronoideus (mandibula)
Term info
- Wikipedia:Coronoid_process_of_the_mandible
- FMA:52833
- MA:0002819
- SCTID:244691004
pheno_slim
TAO:0001673 coronoid process, a bony projection on dentary
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processus coronoideus mandibulae, mandibular coronoid process
coronoid
uberon
UBERON:0004660
Coronoid process of mandible
Term relations
- skeletal element projection
- neural crest-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some mandibular ramus
- part of some mandibular ramus