Mental protuberance

The symphysis of the external surface of the mandible 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 size and shape of the bones making up this structure are responsible for the size and shape of a person's chin. Synonyms of mental protuberance include mental process and protuberantia mentalis. Mental in this sense derives from Latin mentum (chin), not mens (mind), source of the more common meaning of mental.

Mental protuberance
Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Mental protuberance labeled at bottom left.)
Side view of the skull. (Mental protuberance visible but not labeled.)
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Identifiers
Latin	protuberantia mentalis
TA98	A02.1.15.005
TA2	840
FMA	59430
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

References

• This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 172 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.