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Meckel's cartilage (medicine)


Meckel's cartilage -->
mandibular cartilage


A cartilage bar in the mandibular arch that forms a temporary supporting structure in the embryonic mandible; the cartilagenous primordia of the malleus and incus develop from its proximal end, and it also gives rise to the sphenomandibular and anterior malleolar ligaments.

Synonym: Meckel's cartilage.