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Summary Of: Jaw

The vertebrate jaw is derived from the most anterior two... The vertebrate jaw probably originally evolved in the... are thought to have become the jaw itself and the hyoid arch... The hyoid system suspends the jaw from the braincase of the skull... that the original selective advantage garnered by the jaw was not related to feeding... The jaw articulates via a hinge joint between the quadrate and articular... Some species have jaw bones completely fused... Each unit of the jaw holds a single...

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