Articular process - Articular process

…there are as many holes called dental alveoli on the upper surface of the body as there are teeth, into which the teeth are embedded. The upper end of the ramus divides into an articular process and a coronoid process, the former of which forms the head of the temporomandibular joint, and the latter of which carries the temporalis muscle, one of the masticatory muscles. The mandibular foramen is located on the inner surface of the ramus, and from here the arch-shaped mandibular canal, which was formerly the site of Meckel's cartilage, runs forward and downward inside the bone and emerges at the mental foramen on the outer surface of the body. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "articular process" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…体の上面には歯槽という穴が歯の数だけあって，ここに歯が植えこまれている。枝の上端は関節突起と筋突起とに分かれ，前者は顎関節の関節頭をなし，後者はそしゃく筋の一つである側頭筋が着いている。枝の内側面には下顎孔があり，ここからもとメッケル軟骨のあったところである弓形の下顎管が骨の内部を前下方に向かって走り，体の外側面の頤（おとがい）孔に出る。…

※「関節突起」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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