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joint connecting upper and lower jaws

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Synovial joint that articulates bones of upper and lower jaw. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_05 ]

Term info

Label

joint connecting upper and lower jaws

database cross reference
has broad synonym

jaw joint

has narrow synonym

craniomandibular joint

id

UBERON:0011171

taxon notes

Some synapsids retained two pairs of jaw joints - quadrate-articular and tempero-mandibular, but this unusual paired condition did not last long