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Mandibular notch: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Mandibular notch

Concavity between coronoid and condylar processes. Located at the superior border of the ramus. Provides passage to masseteric structures.

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Mandibular notch: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College / university open textbook · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

Numbered markers and focused views are Mediveerse learning overlays; the original reference is linked above.

Mandibular notch

Mandible landmarks

Mandibular notch

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Concavity between coronoid and condylar processes.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Concavity between coronoid and condylar processes
  2. Located at the superior border of the ramus
  3. Provides passage to masseteric structures
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Masseteric nerve
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify mandibular notch and justify your identification.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Concavity between coronoid and condylar processes. Located at the superior border of the ramus. Provides passage to masseteric structures.

02Which nerve crosses the notch?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

The masseteric nerve, a branch of V3, with masseteric vessels.

03Which two processes border the notch?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Coronoid anteriorly and condylar posteriorly.

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