Lingula of mandible

Lingula of mandible
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Latin lingula mandibulae
Dorlands
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12496673
TA A02.1.15.029
FMA 59470

Anatomical terminology

The margin of the mandibular foramen is irregular; it presents in front a prominent ridge, surmounted by a sharp spine, the lingula of the mandible which gives attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament; at its lower and back part is a notch from which the mylohyoid groove runs obliquely downward and forward, and lodges the mylohyoid vessels and nerve.

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