mandible angular process
A process which protrudes from the ventral caudal angle of the mandible, and acts as the attachment of the digastric muscle. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/mandibular+angular+process ]
Term info
- FMA:294636
- MA:0002873
- MFMO:0000055
pheno_slim
requires verification, coordinate with rd. Note in FEED the superficial messeter attaches to the angle of the mandible; in MD the mandicular angual process is attachment site for the digastric muscle
mandibular angle, angle of mandible
uberon
UBERON:0006959
Angle of mandible, mandible angular process
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_59459
Term relations
- bony projection
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some mandible
- contributes to morphology of some mandible