SOME ANATOMICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL MEASURES OF MANDIBULAR RAMUS IN OUR POPULATION

Beside the already analysed bioanthropometric characteristics of the l ower jaw, additional measurement of parameters insufficiently discusse d in reference literature were performed in our study. On the basis of the obtained data it was possible to define relevant biometrical rela tions in the region of the lower jaw branch and anatomical regions tha t are especially important to the use of conduction. anaesthesia. All measurements were defined on the basis of anteroposterior (horizontal) and vertical directions. The relation between different anatomical st ructures of the lower jaw interior branch and foramen mandibulae serve d as a focal point. When. related to anteroposterior plane the mandibu lar foramen was located precisely in the middle of the distance betwee n crista temporalis and posterior ramus ridge. Viewed in vertical dire ction the lowest point of mandibular opening was slightly closer to th e mandibular angle than to incisure of mandible, meaning that in. the majority of macerated skulls mandibular foramen had a relatively low p osition.