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

Chin

Front view of neck. (Chin visible but not labeled)
Latin	mentum
Artery	inferior alveolar artery
Nerve	mental nerve
MeSH	Chin

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

It is where the jaw is kept.

It is formed by the lower front of the mandible.

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

v • d • e Human anatomical features

Head	Skull · Forehead · Eye · Ear · Nose · Mouth · Tongue · Teeth · Jaw · Face · Cheek · Chin

Neck	Throat · Adam's apple

Torso	Shoulder · Spine · Breast (Tail of Spence) · Chest · Ribcage · Abdomen · Navel Sex organs (Clitoris · Vagina · Penis · Scrotum · Testicle) – Hip · Anus · Buttocks

Limbs	Arm · Elbow · Forearm · Wrist · Hand · Finger (Thumb · Index · Middle · Ring · Little) · Leg · Lap · Thigh · Knee · Calf · Heel · Ankle · Foot · Toe (Hallux)

Skin	Hair

v • d • e

General anatomy of head and neck - head

Face/Occiput

Forehead • Eye (Orbit/Periorbita, Trochlea) • Ear • Temple • Cheek • Chin • Scalp

Nose

External nose	Nostril • Nasal septum • cartilages (of the septum, Greater alar, Lesser alar, Lateral nasal, Accessory nasal, Vomeronasal) • Olfactory glands

Nasal cavity	Nasal concha • Sphenoethmoidal recess • Ethmoid bulla • Semilunar hiatus • Maxillary hiatus • Inferior meatus • Vomeronasal organ • Paranasal sinuses

Naso-pharynx	Choana - Pharyngeal opening of auditory tube (Salpingopharyngeal fold, Salpingopalatine fold, Torus tubarius) - Pharyngeal tonsil - Pharyngeal recess

Mouth/oral cavity

Palate/roof of mouth	Hard palate • Soft palate • Palatine raphe • Incisive papilla

Tongue	dorsum (Taste bud, Median sulcus, Terminal sulcus, Foramen cecum, Lingual tonsils) • underside (Frenulum, Plica fimbriata, Sublingual caruncle) • Anterior • Posterior • Glossoepiglottic folds

Teeth	Permanent (Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar) • Deciduous

Oro-pharynx	arches/fauces (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal) • Oropharyngeal isthmus • Palatine tonsil • Uvula

Salivary glands	Parotid gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct

Other	Lip (Upper, Lower) • Philtrum • Pterygomandibular raphe • Vestibule of mouth

Fascia

Masseteric fascia - Temporal fascia - Galea aponeurotica

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