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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

mandibular

/man-dib-yuh-ler/US // mænˈdɪb yə lər //

下颌骨,下颚,下颌,下巴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or of the nature of a mandible.

Examples

  • The more anterior fibers insert fleshily on the mandibular fossa.

  • The insertion is primarily a fleshy attachment on the mandibular fossa.

  • By this change in the mandibular arch the mouth becomes narrowed in an antero-posterior direction.

  • During stage H it already exhibits two distinct branches known as the mandibular and ophthalmic.

  • The ophthalmic branch of the fifth being situated near the anterior end of this, and the mandibular near the posterior end.

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