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Angle of the mandible
Other Terms:
Mandibular angle,
Angulus mandibulae,
Angle de la mandibule
Description
This is the postero-inferior angle joining the inferior margin of the mandible or mandibular base and the posterior border of the ramus. In the adult mandible it approximates ninety degrees.
Etymology
This term arises from the Latin angulus meaning to bend or diverge from a central point.
Latin
Angulus mandibulae
French
Angle de la mandibule
