Mandible with fracture

Object numberGC.9611
TitleMandible with fracture
DescriptionMandible showing fracture.
From an adult male who did not long survive his injuries.
On each side of the body of the mandible some 15 mm. from the mental protuberance a slightly sinuous fracture extends to the alveolar process on the right side to the alveolus for the canine tooth which has been lost and on the left side between the central and the left lateral incisor tooth the crown of which is split vertically and the medial half is missing. The projecting portion of the left coronoid process has been broken off and a fracture extends horizontally through the base of the condylic process.
Object nameBONE, mandible
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Height: 18 cm
Width: 15 cm
Depth: 5 cm