musculomandibular

English

Etymology

musculo- +‎ mandibular

Adjective

musculomandibular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the muscles that control the mandible
    • 2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139215:
      Rostrally, the submandibular artery bifurcates into the musculomandibular and genioglossus arteries [52 ].
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