Mandibular arch

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(Anat.) the most anterior visceral arch, - that in which the mandible is developed.

See also: Mandibular

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The severity of the cleft has been related to the period of development of the mandibular process that is affected.
The cleft lip and palate defect occurs due to defect in the fusion of frontonasal, maxillary, and mandibular processes, while the proboscis lateralis occurs as a result of displacement of the nasal placode during the formation of the nose [1, 2].
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