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Body Regions > Head > Face > Chin
Stomatognathic System > Jaw > Mandible > Chin
... > Musculoskeletal System > Skeleton > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Jaw > Mandible > Chin
... > Tissues > Connective Tissue > Bone and Bones > Skull > Facial Bones > Jaw > Mandible > Chin

Preferred term

Chin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Mental Region
  • Mentum

Note

  • bone or site; usually NIM as site: submental (beneath the chin) refers to skin, fat & other tissue below the chin as in "submental lipectomy for double chin"; /growth: consider also MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT

Scope note

  • The anatomical frontal portion of the mandible, also known as the mentum, that contains the line of fusion of the two separate halves of the mandible (symphysis menti). This line of fusion divides inferiorly to enclose a triangular area called the mental protuberance. On each side, inferior to the second premolar tooth, is the mental foramen for the passage of blood vessels and a nerve.

In other languages

  • leuka

    Finnish

  • leuankärki
  • leuanpää
  • mentum
  • Haka

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002680

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