BIOMETRY OF MANDIBLE OF CAMEL (Camelus Dromedarius)

Chaurasia S.¹*, Tiwari Y.², Pandey A.³, Kumar V.⁴, Malik M.R.^5
1Department of Anatomy & Histology, Apollo College of Veterinary Medicine, Agra road, Jaipur, 302031
²Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science &A.H., Kuthulia, Rewa-486001, Madhya Pradesh
³Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science &A.H., Kuthulia, Rewa-486001, Madhya Pradesh
⁴Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science &A.H., Kuthulia, Rewa-486001, Madhya Pradesh
⁵Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of Veterinary Science &A.H., Kuthulia, Rewa-486001, Madhya Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : akpandey1109@rediffmail.com

Received : -     Accepted : -     Published : 15-06-2010
Volume : 1     Issue : 1       Pages : 25 - 28
Int J Mol Biol 1.1 (2010):25-28
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0976-0482.1.1.25-28

Keywords : Mandible, Condyle. Cheek teeth and Ramus
Conflict of Interest : None declared

The mandible was the largest (43.00 ± 1.833 cm), heaviest (2.52 ± 0.331 kg) and thickest (5.00 ± 0.316 cm) bone of the skull. The body of the bone was long (14.30 ± 0.687 cm), narrows (4.90 ± 0.359 cm), dorsally grooved and completely ossified. It carried 10 cheek, 4 canine and 6 incisor teeth. The mandibular and mental foramina were large. There was an additional foramen below the 2nd cheek tooth on the lateral side of horizontal ramus of the mandible. An additional triangular process was also present below and behind the mandibular condyle. The height (22.80 ± 0.761 cm) of the mandible was more than the vertical ramus (21.40 ± 1.080 cm). The vertical ramus was wider (9.20 ± 0.303 cm) than the horizontal part which measured 19.50 ± 0.632 cm in length and 7.90 ± 0.328 cm in width. The angle of jaw was not much pronounced. The rostral border of vertical ramus was 8-10 times thicker (5.20 ± 0.363 cm) than the caudal border (0.50 ± 0.0210 cm) medially on vertical ramus there were two rough thickenings for heavy muscular attachments. The mandibular foramen was approximately in the middle of the medial surface of vertical ramus. The mandibular condyle was large prismatic in shape and had extensive, convex articular surface which was divided into rostral and caudal parts by an articular ridge.

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