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Its is simply a hinge joint.

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Q: What kind of joint is the mandible attached to?
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Where is located the mandible?

The mandible is located on your skull. It is attached to your skull. It is called your JAW.


What two bones does the jaw joint include?

The jaw joint, also known as the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), includes the mandible (lower jaw bone) and the temporal bone (part of the skull).


Describe the action of the temporomandibular joint?

You have the mandible or the jaw bone attached at the temporomandibular joint. this is condyloid type of joint. The temporal bone is too thin here and the reason can not be explained. Never the less fracture of temporal bone is expected here but then it is very uncommon.


The only bone connected to the skull by a freely movable joint?

That would be the jawbone, or mandible.


What type of synovial joint movement raises the mandible?

Elevation


What articulates with the temporal bone to form a freely movable joint?

mandible


Mandible and maxilla are the bony structures of which part of the human body?

The mandible and maxilla are parts of the skull bones, Which makes up the mouth.. * The Maxilla is the bony part which is attached to the cranial base to which the upper alveolar bone is fused . * The upper alveolar bone is the bony part in which the teeth of the upper arch are placed . * The Mandible is the -V- shaped bone that is attached to the cranial vault by the TMJ " temporo-mandibular joint", on which the lower alveolar bone is fused that carries the lower set of teeth .


What attached the muscle to the bones?

Origin-zygomatic bone Insertion-mandible


The articulation between the mandible and skull?

Temporomandibular joint, also known as TMJ.


The jaw joint is an articulation of?

the condyle of the mandible with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone.


Periodontal ligament is associated with which type of joint?

It joins the tooth to the bony mandible.


What attachs to the jaw?

The jaw is attached to the skull by a hinged joint that allow movement of the lower mandible. apart from this, you could say the lower gum, teeth and tongue are attached to the jaw.