Mandibular prominence

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

The mandible and lower lip derive from it.[1]

It is innervated by the mandibular nerve.[2]

References

Public domain 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. ↑ Raymond E. Papka (1995). Anatomy: Embryology, Neuroanatomy, Gross Anatomy, Microanatomy. Berlin: Springer. p. 31. ISBN 0-387-94395-1.
  • hednk-032—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina


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