joint connecting upper and lower jaws
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Synovial joint that articulates bones of upper and lower jaw. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evograms_05 ]
Term information
- NCIT:C32888
Some synapsids retained two pairs of jaw joints - quadrate-articular and tempero-mandibular, but this unusual paired condition did not last long
Term relations
- skeletal joint and connects some skeleton of upper jaw and connects some skeleton of lower jaw