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MAXILLAIRE INFERIEUR [1 record]

Record 1 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Mouth
CONT

The mandible, the largest and strongest bone of the face, serves for the reception of the lower teeth. It consists of a curved, horizontal portion, the body, and two perpendicular portions, the rami, which unite with the ends of the body nearly at right angles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cavité buccale
DEF

La mandibule, os impair, médian et symétrique, forme le squelette de l'étage inférieur de la face. Il est constitué d'un corps et de deux parties latérales, les branches montantes (ou ramus mandibulaire) qui s'élèvent aux deux extrémités postérieures du corps.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : maxillaire inférieur.

OBS

maxillaire inférieur : le Comité d'Étude des Termes médicaux français a rejeté le terme.

OBS

Radioanatomie du crâne du rocher, de l'orbite, des sinus, de la mandibule et des dents, L. Vivarrat-Perrin, F. Veillon, Hôpital de Hautepierre - Strasbourg.

Spanish

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