Angle of the mandible
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The angle of the mandible is located at the posterior border at the junction of the lower border of the ramus of the mandible.
1870s American male skull. The angle of the mandible is visible just above the white number.
Mandible. Inner surface. Angle of mandible labeled at bottom right.
Masseter muscle
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In anatomy, the masseter is one of the muscles of mastication. Found only in mammals, it is particularly powerful in herbivores to facilitate chewing of plant matter. The most obvious muscle of mastic
Angle of the mandible
…mandible. The angle of the mandible, which may be either inverted or everted, is marked by rough, oblique ridges on each side, for the attachment of the masseter laterally, and the pterygoideus internus (medial pterygoid muscle) medially; the stylomandibular ligament is attached to the angle between these muscles…
Muscles of the head and neck.
Masseter muscle. Deep dissection. Mummification process.