Description
The medial surfaces are the two areas found along the inner aspects of both the right and left rami of the mandible. On its corresponding side, each medial surface:
—consists of a mandibular foramen, mylohyoid groove, lingula, retromolar fossa, and a temporal crest;
—provides an insertion site for the medial pterygoid muscle;
—provides an attachment site for the sphenomandibular ligament;
—forms the lateral wall of the infratemporal fossa.
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