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mandible

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001684

A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mandible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandible ]

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Term info

Label

mandible

Synonyms

inferior maxillary bone
mammaliam mandible
mandibulla

database cross reference

Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000013

'mandible' also refers to either the upper OR lower part of the beak in birds

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray176.png

editor note

consider merging with dentary - for now we make it a mammal-specific subclass.

external ontology notes

Note in ZFA 'mandible' is a syn for the ventral mandibular arch, which is a portion of the 1st pharyngeal arch; however the term 'mandibular symphysis' refers to the dentary

has broad synonym

lower jaw, lower jaw bone

has narrow synonym

lower mandibula

has obo namespace

uberon

has related synonym

mandibula, mandibular series

has relational adjective

mandibular

UBERON:0001684

Term relations

Subclass of:

dentary