title: Morphogenetic and structural peculiarities of the mandible
abstract: In contrast to the long bones, two distinct types of ossification occur in the mandible. The corpus and rami mostly follow a direct intramembranous ossification pattern routed by Meckel’s cartilage. In addition, the mandible has three pairs of secondary ossification centers: the coronal, symphyseal, and condylar, which ossify by indirect endochondral ossification. The mandibular condyle is an important growth center of the mandible and plays a role in craniofacial growth and occlusion. As in oth
journal: Голова и шея.