"Jaw" 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.
Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.
| Descriptor ID |
D007568
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.324.502 A14.521
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Jaw" by people in this website by year, and whether "Jaw" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Jaw" by people in Profiles.
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A re-evaluation of the constrained lever model in the primate feeding system. J Exp Biol. 2026 Apr 15; 229(8).
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Biomechanics, muscle modeling, and the elevated bite force and tooth stress of piranhas. Naturwissenschaften. 2026 Feb 09; 113(2):22.
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Evolution: Reversal of fortune in the diversity of bony fishes. Curr Biol. 2025 Oct 06; 35(19):R933-R935.
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Teeth outside the jaw: Evolution and development of the toothed head clasper in chimaeras. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Sep 16; 122(37):e2508054122.
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Novel assembly of a head-trunk interface in the sister group of jawed vertebrates. Nature. 2025 09; 645(8081):686-691.
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Cranial kinematics and prey-type effects in Amia ocellicauda feeding strikes. Proc Biol Sci. 2025 04; 292(2045):20242542.
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Jaw-muscle fiber architecture and skull form facilitate relatively wide jaw gapes in male cercopithecoid monkeys. J Hum Evol. 2024 12; 197:103601.
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A new biomechanical model of the mammal jaw based on load path analysis. J Exp Biol. 2024 09 15; 227(18).
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Ontogenetic changes in jaw leverage and skull shape in tufted and untufted capuchins. J Morphol. 2024 05; 285(5):e21705.
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Tradeoffs between bite force and gape in Eulemur and Varecia. J Morphol. 2024 05; 285(5):e21699.