Angular process

Processus angularis

Definition

On the caudal border of the ramus of their mandible, just above the angle of the mandible, the Carnivorous and Glires have the angular process (Processus angularis); it is a powerful relief of muscular insertion, that reaches an enormous development in certain species.

In Equidae, Ruminants (except for the Camel), Men and Pigs, it is missing and only replaced by a simple roughness

References

Anatomie comparée des mammifère domestiques - 5th edition - Robert Barone - Vigot

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