Lingula of mandible

Lingula of mandible
Lingula of mandible (Green color)
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Identifiers
Latin	lingula mandibulae
Dorlands /Elsevier	12496673
TA	A02.1.15.029
FMA	59470
Anatomical terminology []

The margin of the mandibular foramen is irregular; it presents in front a prominent ridge, surmounted by a sharp spine, the lingula of the mandible which gives attachment to the sphenomandibular ligament; at its lower and back part is a notch from which the mylohyoid groove runs obliquely downward and forward, and lodges the mylohyoid vessels and nerve.