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The '''mandible''' is the lower jaw, the only freely moving facial bone. Looksmaxxing’s [[jawline]] is this bone plus fat, masseter, and light. | The '''mandible''' is the lower jaw, the only freely moving facial bone.<ref name="gray">{{cite book |author=Henry Gray |title=Gray's Anatomy |edition=20th American |year=1918 |publisher=Lea & Febiger |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing’s [[jawline]] is this bone plus fat, masseter, and light. | ||
== Parts == | == Parts == | ||
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Mandible lateral.png|Lateral | Mandible lateral.png|Lateral | ||
Gray176.png|Gray | Gray176.png|Gray 176 — outer surface, side | ||
Gray177.png|Gray 177 — mandible, further plate | |||
Gray185.png|Gray 185 — mandible in old age | |||
Gray309-en.svg|Temporomandibular joint (labeled) | |||
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Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons. | Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:09, 11 September 2026
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The mandible is the lower jaw, the only freely moving facial bone.[1] Looksmaxxing’s jawline is this bone plus fat, masseter, and light.
Parts
- Body — the horseshoe that carries teeth.
- Ramus — the vertical back; ramus height is a scene metric.
- Angle / gonion — where ramus meets body; gonial angle.
- Condyle — joint (TMJ).
- Coronoid process — muscle attachment, not a rating target.
- Alveolar process — teeth.
- Chin — mental protuberance; pogonion / menton in cephalometrics. See chin.
Scene talk
Square gonial angle, long ramus, low mandibular plane, wide bigonial width, a chin that meets Riedel’s line. Most of what you see on camera is still body fat and beard. Osteotomies (sliding genioplasty, chin wing osteotomy, BSSO) and custom jawline implants are medicine.
Gallery
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Lateral -
Gray 176 — outer surface, side -
Gray 177 — mandible, further plate -
Gray 185 — mandible in old age -
Temporomandibular joint (labeled)
Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons.
See also
References
Anatomy condensed from standard descriptions (CC BY-SA Wikipedia Mandible, retrieved 2026-09-10).
- ↑ Henry Gray. Gray's Anatomy. 20th American ed. Lea & Febiger. 1918. Retrieved 11 September 2026.