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MANDIBULA [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Mandibula
Latin
CONT

The wax used for comb construction is produced from honey by young bees ... It is secreted slowly in small scales that are removed by the bee with specialized spines on its legs and transferred to its jaws where they are chewed into the necessary shape for building the comb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Mandibula
Latin
CONT

[...] les mandibules, courtes, servent à façonner la cire.

OBS

Elles jouent un rôle principal dans la construction des rayons [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 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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