Angle of the mandible

Study entry

Description

The meeting of the body with the posterior border of the ramus.

Relations

Insertion of the masseter; the stylomandibular ligament runs to it from the styloid process.

Palpation

Under the skin, below the ear.

Source: cap. 8, «Articulación temporomandibular» y tabla 8-11

Other structures in this region

• Squamous part of the frontal bone
• Orbital part of the frontal bone
• Glabella
• Superciliary arch
• Supraorbital margin
• Supraorbital foramen (notch)
• Frontal eminence
• Frontal crest