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Description
The coronoid processes are the two triangular, anterosuperiorly located projections found along the superior aspect of the mandible. On its corresponding side, each coronoid process:
—is located anterior to a condylar process;
—is continuous inferiorly with a ramus of mandible;
—consists of a temporal crest of mandible;
—provides an insertion site for a temporalis muscle.
Related parts of the anatomy
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