{{Infobox embryology | Name = Mandibular prominence | Latin = prominentia mandibularis | Image = | Caption = | Image2 = | Caption2 = | System = | CarnegieStage = | Days = | Precursor = First pharyngeal arch | GivesRiseTo = Mandible }} The '''mandibular prominence''', or '''mandibular process''' is an embryological structure which gives rise to the lower portion of the face.
The mandible and lower lip derive from it.<ref>[http://compepid.tuskegee.edu/syllabi/biomedical/Anatomy/microanat310/chapter23.htm chapter23<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707184725/http://compepid.tuskegee.edu/syllabi/biomedical/Anatomy/microanat310/chapter23.htm |date=2012-07-07 }}</ref> The mesenchymal cells within the mandibular prominence condense to form Meckel's cartilage.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wyganowska-Świątkowska |first1=Marzena |last2=Przystańska |first2=Agnieszka |title=The Meckel's cartilage in human embryonic and early fetal periods |journal=Anatomical Science International |date=1 June 2011 |volume=86 |issue=2 |pages=98–107 |doi=10.1007/s12565-010-0093-3 |pmid=20799009 |s2cid=34405335 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12565-010-0093-3 |access-date=13 November 2022 |language=en |issn=1447-073X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
It is innervated by the mandibular nerve.<ref name="isbn0-387-94395-1">{{cite book |author=Raymond E. Papka |title=Anatomy: Embryology, Neuroanatomy, Gross Anatomy, Microanatomy |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |year=1995 |pages=31 |isbn=0-387-94395-1 }}</ref>
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