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mandible coronoid process
- Term ID
- UBERON:0004660
- Synonyms
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- coronoid
- mandibular coronoid process
- processus coronoideus mandibulae
- Definition
- A dorsal process on the lower jaw associated with muscle attachment. It may be formed by a separate coronoid bone or as a process of the dentary. In most living (and many extinct) mammals, the most dorsal of the three proximal processes of the jaw. (2)
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