| mandibular notch |
small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
|
|---|---|
| mandrel |
spindle: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger rotating parts
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
|
| mandibular equilibration |
1. the act or acts performed to place the mandible in equilibrium. 2. a condition in which all of the forces acting upon the mandible are neutralized. 3. a term applied to adjustive grinding of an interfering tooth structure during the functional stroke.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
|
| mandibular protraction |
1. the protrusive movement of the mandible initiated by the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles acting simultaneously. Cf. mandibular retraction. 2. a facial anomaly in which the gnathion lies anterior to the orbital plane.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
|
| mandibular sling |
a structure suspending the mandible, formed by the medial pterygoid and masseter muscles and aiding in mandibulomaxillary articulation.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspz...
|