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Definition of Condylar process
1. Noun. The condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull.
Group relationships: Jawbone, Jowl, Lower Jaw, Lower Jawbone, Mandible, Mandibula, Mandibular Bone, Submaxilla
Generic synonyms: Condyle
Medical Definition of Condylar process
1. The articular process of the ramus of the mandible; it includes the head of the mandible, the neck of the mandible and pterygoid fovea. Synonym: processus condylaris, condyloid process, mandibular condyle. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Condylar Process
Literary usage of Condylar process
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the human skeleton by Henry Morris, John Ernest Frazer (1914)
"The condylar process consists of the condyle [capitulum mandibulae] and the
narrowed portion by which it is supported, the neck. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1874)
"condylar process of mandible concave internally ; descending process rounded off
inferiorly ; coronoid process very oblique. ..."
3. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"The condylar process, although imperfectly preserved, was apparently present,
... But, if the condylar process is correctly represented, it shows that ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"... time forms the enter wall of the atrial cavity of its side, and also a rounded
condylar process for articulation with the centrum of the first vertebra. ..."
5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1898)
"... in the plane of the bone ; it is flattened from above downward, and its tip
was covered with cartilage. The ulnar condylar process is stout and thick, ..."
6. Treatise on Fractures in General, Industrial, and Military Practice by John Bingham Roberts, James Alphonsus Kelly (1921)
"... the region of the incisor teeth in 22, the region of the molar teeth in I5,
posterior to the teeth in 8, and the condylar process in 5 instances. ..."
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