Mandible coronoid process

System Digestive
SNOMED CT 244691004

Mandible coronoid process

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.

Also known as coronoid process of mandible, processus coronoideus (mandibula) — per UBERON

The Mandible coronoid process is a part of the Digestive.

Also identified as