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The lower jaw consists of single bone is known as

A
Mandible
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Alveoli
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Pterygoid
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D
Maxilla
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Solution

The correct option is A Mandible
The skeletal system is divided into an axial and appendicular skeleton and it provides both support protection to the brain as well as give shape to the face. The skull is part of the axial skeleton. Skull or cranium has 22 bones out which mandible (lower jaw) is a single bone. It is lowest and strongest bone which hold the lower teeth in the socket and gives shape to the face.
Thus the correct answer is option A.

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