Mandible with Compound Fracture

Object numberGC.6159
TitleMandible with Compound Fracture
DescriptionMandible, showing a compound fracture.
From an adult male.
A fracture has passed obliquely, posteriorly and distally from each mandibular notch to the posterior border of the ramus. In the body of the mandible a fracture has passed vertically from between the left premolar teeth to the level of the mental foramen, whence the bone is comminuted to involve the inferior border of the mandible, one fissure passing anteriorly to the mental protuberance and the other posteriorly to the level of the first molar tooth.
Production date 1925
Production periodTwentieth century, early
Object nameBONE, mandible
Object categoryAnatomical, specimen
Dimensions
- Jar Height: 13.5 cm
Jar Diameter: 13 cm