Lingula of the mandible

Study entry

Description

A small plate on the margin of the mandibular foramen.

Relations

It receives the sphenomandibular ligament, which comes from the spine of the sphenoid and works as a swinging hinge of the mandible.

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