Mandible
System
Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT
181812008
Mandible
Definition
A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton.
Also known as inferior maxillary bone, mammaliam mandible, mandibulla — per UBERON
Related record Atlas Médico also holds Lower jaw region (0 relationships, shares MESH:D008334). These are separate concepts in the source ontology, not duplicates Atlas Médico has merged.
The Mandible is a part of the Musculoskeletal.
Also identified as
Associated Diseases
| Disease | Involvement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Benign neoplasm of lower jaw bone | Disease Has Primary Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Mandibular cancer | Disease Has Associated Anatomic Site | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
Procedures
| Procedure | Relation | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hemimandibulectomy | Procedure Has Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Mandibulectomy | Procedure Has Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Partial Mandibulectomy | Procedure Has Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Segmental Mandibulectomy | Procedure Has Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Hemimandibulectomy | Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Partial Mandibulectomy | Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Segmental Mandibulectomy | Procedure Has Partially Excised Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |
| Mandibulotomy | Procedure Has Target Anatomy | NCIT · CC BY 4.0 |