Mandible

Question 1

Question: What is the mandible?

Answer 1

Answer: The largest and only mobile bone of the mammalian skull.

Question 2

Question: What are the parts of the mandible?

Answer 2

Answer: Body (horizontal part) and ramus (vertical part).

Question 2

Question: What is the function of the articular process of the mandible?

Answer 2

Answer: Articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint.

Question 3

Question: What is the mandibular foramen?

Answer 3

Answer: The opening on the medial side of the ramus leading into the mandibular canal.