Crossword clues for mandibular
mandibular
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mandibular \Man*dib"u*lar\, a. [Cf. F. mandibulaire.] Of or pertaining to a mandible; like a mandible. -- n. The principal mandibular bone; the mandible.
Mandibular arch (Anat.), the most anterior visceral arch, -- that in which the mandible is developed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Latin mandibula (see mandible) + -ar.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to the mandible
WordNet
adj. relating to the lower jaw [syn: inframaxillary]
Wikipedia
Mandibular means "related to the mandible (lower jaw bone)". Terms containing "mandibular" include:
- Mandibular canal, a canal within the mandible that contains the inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery, and inferior alveolar vein
- Mandibular fossa, the depression in the temporal bone that articulates with the mandibular condyle
- Mandibular nerve, the largest of the three branches of the trigeminal nerve
- Mandibular prominence, an embryological structure which gives rise to the lower portion of the face
- Torus mandibularis, a bony growth in the mandible along the surface nearest to the tongue
Usage examples of "mandibular".
The ophthalmic and maxillary nerves are sensory nerves, but the mandibular nerve is mixed.
Their only insectoid features, outside of the wings and arms that indicate three pairs of functional limbs, are some peculiarities of the mandibular substructure, and a few traces of exoskeleton.
He chortled gleefully as his mandibular appendages curled and uncurled and whipped the air.
To the south, behind the camp, the rumpled gray hills rose to obscure the horizon until they merged with the mandibular teeth of the glacier-patched western mountains.
Along the mandibular process there was scarring due to lesions of the gums, and places where the bone had been thinned and apparently eaten away.
The cop on duty grabbed him from behind, pinning one arm behind him with a come-along grip, and pressing a finger into the mandibular nerve behind his jaw.
In response to a muted mandibular click, a chronometer appeared briefly before him in the hot, humid air of the room.
Or perhaps the delicate, mandibular sensory apparatus of the bees detected something foreign.
As I was returning it to LSJML 38427,1 noticed a tiny nick on the right mandibular condyle.