| Lingula of mandible | |
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| Latin | lingula mandibulae |
| Gray's | subject #44 173 |
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.
See also
External links
- http://ect.downstate.edu/courseware/haonline/labs/l22/os2009.htm
- Fabian FM (2006). "Observation of the position of the lingula in relation to the mandibular foramen and the mylohyoid groove". Ital J Anat Embryol 111 (3): 151–8. PMID 17312921.
- Tuli A, Choudhry R, Choudhry S, Raheja S, Agarwal S (2000). "Variation in shape of the lingula in the adult human mandible". J. Anat. 197 ( Pt 2): 313–7. doi:. PMID 11005723. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0021-8782&date=2000&volume=197&issue=&spage=313.
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