Mandibular prominence

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The mandibular prominence is an embryological structure which gives rise to the lower portion of the face.

Mandibular prominence
Details
PrecursorFirst pharyngeal arch
Gives rise toMandible
Identifiers
Latinprominentia mandibularis
TEprominence_by_E5.3.0.0.0.0.14 E5.3.0.0.0.0.14
Anatomical terminology

The mandible and lower lip derive from it.[1] The mesenchymal cells within the mandibular prominence condense to form Meckel's cartilage.[2]

It is innervated by the mandibular nerve.[3]

References

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ chapter23 Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today
  2. ^ Wyganowska-Świątkowska, Marzena; Przystańska, Agnieszka (1 June 2011). "The Meckel's cartilage in human embryonic and early fetal periods". Anatomical Science International. 86 (2): 98–107. doi:10.1007/s12565-010-0093-3. ISSN 1447-073X. PMID 20799009. S2CID 34405335. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  3. ^ Raymond E. Papka (1995). Anatomy: Embryology, Neuroanatomy, Gross Anatomy, Microanatomy. Berlin: Springer. p. 31. ISBN 0-387-94395-1.
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