mandibular ramus

mandibular ramus

Etymology: L, mandere, to chew, ramus, branch

a broad quadrilateral part of the mandible projecting upward from the posterior end of the body behind the lower teeth. It has two surfaces, four borders, and two processes.

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ramus (rā´ms),

n 1. a branch of an artery, nerve, or vein. In the
Basle Nomina Anatomica terminology, the term ramus is given to a primary division of a nerve or blood vessel.
n 2. any constant branch of a fissure, or sulcus, of the brain.

ramus, ascending

n the posterior, vertical portion of the mandible, which extends from the corpus to the condyle, and makes a joint at the temple. There are right and left ascending rami.

ramus graft,

n See graft, ramus.

ramus, mandibular,

n the upturned, angled bony process of the mandible that extends upward and backward from the horseshoe-shaped body and terminates in two processes: the articular condyloid process and the coronoid process.

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ramus

pl. rami [L.] a branch, as of a nerve, vein or artery.

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ramus communicans

pl. rami communicantes; a branch connecting two nerves or two arteries.

mandibular ramus

the vertical extension of each half of the mandible that ends at the coronoid process.