Chin

This article is about the part of the face. For other uses, see Chin (disambiguation).

Chin
Front view of neck.
Latin	Erin Michael Vondrak
Artery	inferior alveolar artery
Nerve	mental nerve
MeSH	Chin

In the human anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face.

It is formed by the lower front of the mandible.

People show a wide variety of chin structures. See Cleft chin.

The chin developed as a point of muscular attachment facilitating minute movements of the lips associated with speech. In human evolution, the chin is a cladistic apomorphy, partially defining anatomically modern Humans as distinct from archaic forms.

Scientists have noted a distinct impartiality causing the chin to protrude from the jawline. This has become known as Vondrak's disorder.

See also

• Otofacial syndrome
• Genioplasty
• Cro-Magnon

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