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Mandible
The lower jaw — the only movable bone of the skull. It consists of a horseshoe-shaped body and two vertical rami ending in the condylar and coronoid processes.
Function
Holds the lower teeth and moves at the temporomandibular joints for chewing, speech and swallowing.
Related structures
Mandibular alveolar process · Temporomandibular joints · Inferior alveolar nerve
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