The mandibular prominence, or mandibular process is an embryological structure which gives rise to the lower portion of the face.
The mandible and lower lip derive from it.
[1] The mesenchymal cells within the mandibular prominence condense to form Meckel's cartilage.
[3] This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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