What part of the mandible extends upward and backward from the body of the mandible on each side?

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The bone underlying the mental region is the mandible,or lower jaw.On the lateral aspect of the mandible,the stout,flat plate of the ramus (plural,rami) extends upward and backward from the body of the mandible on each side.At the anterior border of the ramus is a thin,sharp margin that terminates in the coronoid process.The midline of the mandible is marked by the mandibular symphysis.The main part of the anterior border of the ramus forms a concave forward curve,the coronoid notch.

What Part of the Mandible Extends Upward and Backward from the Body