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mental spine; genial tubercle; spina mentalis (inferior & superior)
A slight projection, sometimes two (superior & inferior), in the middle line of the posterior surface of the body of the mandible.
- gives attachment to the geniohyoid & the genioglossus muscles
General
spine
bony process
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.