Mental tubercle

Mental tubercle
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Identifiers
Latin	tuberculum mentale mandibulae
Dorlands /Elsevier	t_21/12828979
TA	A02.1.15.006
FMA	59426
Anatomical terminology []

The mandibular symphysis divides below and encloses a triangular eminence, the mental protuberance, the base of which is depressed in the center but raised on either side to form the mental tubercle. The two mental tubercles along with the medial mental protuberance are collectively called the mental trigon.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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