| 单词 | angle of the jaw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasangle of the jaw angle of the jaw n. Anatomy the junction between the (approximately horizontal) body and the (approximately vertical) ramus of the lower jawbone; spec. the angle between the inferior margin of the body and the posterior margin of the ramus. ΚΠ 1710 tr. C. G. Le Clerc 2nd Pt. Compl. Surgeon i. ii. 81 There is a very shallow Pit in the outer Face of the Angle of the Jaw, wherein one of the Tendons of the Masseter is fix'd. 1854 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1852–3 6 4 The undulated outline of the lower jaw in the Dicotyles group reaches its maximum in the great dilatation of the angle of the jaw in Platygonus. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 226/1 The subdivision Clupeomorpha..possess evolutionary advances over elopomorphs in terms of a modified joint at the posterior angle of the jaw (angular fused to articular rather than to retroarticular). < as lemmas |
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