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Mandible

"Mandible" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mandible" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mandible" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 94 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2020
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