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Mentum
Anatomical structure near the mouth / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The mentum is an anatomical structure, a projecting feature that is near the mouth of a variety of animals:
Prominent mentum of The Great Khali
- In insects, the mentum is the distal part of the labium. The mentum bears the palps, glossae, paraglossae, and/or ligula.
- On the human face, the mentum refers to the protruding part of the chin.
- In certain sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, the mentum is a thin projection of the soft parts of the animal, below the mouth. It is found in the family Pyramidellidae.