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process

a flow of activities; a sequence of tasks.

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Caption: Figure 4: (a) Panoramic dental scan depicting enlarged inferior alveolar canal (arrow) with residual tumor mass (asterisk) and hypoplastic condylar process (chevron), (b) axial CT in bone window showingthe residual mass in alveolar margins of maxilla and mandible (arrow) and concavity of mandibular ramus (chevron), (c) axial CT scan showing apparent foramen (arrow) due to lytic erosion of mandibular cortex, (d) 3D CT scan image showing hypoplastic condylar process (chevron), apparent foramen (arrow), and tumor in maxillary alveolus (asterisk), (e) coronal CT image showing rudimentary styloid process of right side (arrow), and (f) axial CT image of sutural diastasis (chevron) and persistent metopic suture (arrow).

Multifocal Head and Neck Neurofibromas with Osseous Abnormalities and Muscular Hypoplasia in a Child with Neurofibromatosis: Type I

incisor apex to condylar process (IA-CP) (Figure 2).

Effects of temporal muscle detachment and coronoidotomy on facial growth in young rats

Position of mandibular foramen--near top of the condylar process (1); on low or mid ramus anterior to a bladelike condyloid ridge (2); at the base of ramus near toothrow posterior to condyloid ridge (3); at base of ramus near toothrow anterior to condyloid ridge (4).

A distinctive new cloud-forest rodent (hystricognathi: echimyidae) from the manu biosphere reserve, Peru

The condyle may be morphologically normal, or elongation of the condylar process may be noted.

MR imaging of the TMJ: a pictorial essay

In the meantime, a piece of bone called the condylar process grew posteriorly to help brace the connection between the dentary and postdentary bones.

Phylogeny and embryology of the facial nerve and related structures. Part I: phylogeny

Fracture of condylar process is one of the most common fractures of the mandible.

PATTERN OF PRESENTATION OF MANDIBULAR CONDYLAR FRACTURES IN RELATION WITH KNOWN RISK FACTORS

Lesions consistently arise from the anteromedial surface of the condylar process at the site of attachment of the lateral pterygoid muscle.