skeleton of lower jaw
A subdivision of the skeleton that corresponds to the lower part of the mouth. The lower jaw skeleton includes the following elements, when present: lower jaw teeth, the mandible and other lower jaw bones, and Meckel's cartilage. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
skeleton of lower jaw
- lower jaw skeleton
pheno_slim
The ventral portion of the first pharyngeal arch, comprising the lower jaw.[TAO]
Inclusion of the FMA class 'lower jaw' is debatable - this mostly corresponds to the lower jaw skeleton (with 'maxillary part of mouth' corresponding to the upper jaw region); however, the FMA class also includes gingiva. See also: https://github.com/obophenotype/mouse-anatomy-ontology/issues/102
lower jaw, mandible
uberon
mandibles, mandibular series
The jaw joint of all jawed vertebrates, except for mammals, involves the quadrate and articular bones, or the posterior ends of the palatoquadrate and mandibular cartilages; A correlate of the conversion of the articular and quadrate bones to the malleus and incus is that all adult mammals have a jaw joint that lies between the dentary of the lower jaw and the squamosal bone of the skull roof.[well established][VHOG]
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Term relations
- anatomical structure
- subdivision of skeleton
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some lower jaw region
- part of some jaw skeleton
- skeleton of some lower jaw region
- has_part some (part of some splanchnocranium)