A process which protrudes from the ventral caudal angle of the mandible, and acts as the attachment of the digastric muscle. [ http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/mandibular+angular+process ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- FMA:294636
- MFMO:0000055
- MA:0002873
Subsets
pheno_slim
editor note
requires verification, coordinate with rd. Note in FEED the superficial messeter attaches to the angle of the mandible; in MD the mandicular angual process is attachment site for the digastric muscle
Term relations
Subclass of:
- bony projection
- neural crest-derived structure
- part of some mandible
- contributes to morphology of some mandible