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stomatognathic (adjective) (not comparable)
A reference to both the jaws and the mouth: The stomatognathic structures include the teeth, jaws, the temporomandibular joints. and the chewing muscles.
Word Entries containing the term: “stomatognathic”
masticating apparatus, masticatory apparatus, stomatognathic system, masticatory system organs of mastication
All of the structures involved in mastication, including the teeth, jaws, temporomandibular joint (jaw joint formed by the mandible [lower jaw bone] moving against the temporal [temple and side] bone of the skull), muscles of mastication, tongue, and the associated nervous system.
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