loading...| Preferred Name |
mandible |
| Synonyms |
mandibula lower jaw lower jaw bone lower mandibula mammaliam mandible inferior maxillary bone mandibular series mandibulla |
| Definitions |
A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001684 |
| contributes to morphology of | |
| database_cross_reference |
EHDAA:8007 galen:Mandible EMAPA:18290 Wikipedia:Human_mandible BTO:0001748 MESH:D008334 NCIT:C12290 CALOHA:TS-2225 EHDAA2:0001059 SCTID:181812008 GAID:68 EFO:0001965 MA:0001487 FMA:52748 UMLS:C0024687 |
| definition |
A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. |
| 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 exact synonym |
mammaliam mandible inferior maxillary bone mandibulla |
| has narrow synonym |
lower mandibula |
| has related synonym |
mandibula mandibular series |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_relational_adjective |
mandibular |
| id |
UBERON:0001684 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
mandible |
| notation |
UBERON:0001684 |
| prefLabel |
mandible |
| present_in_taxon | |
| terminology_notes |
'mandible' also refers to either the upper OR lower part of the beak in birds |
| subClassOf |