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See also:PROGNATHISM (Gr. 7rpb, forward, and yv&Oos, See also:jaw) , the See also:term applied by ethnologists, with its opposite Orthognathism (6pe6s, straight), to describe the varying degrees of See also:projection of the upper See also:jaw, which itself is determined by the See also:angle made by the whole See also:face with the See also:brain-cap . Eurygnathism (eupus, wide), is the lateral projection of jawbones so characteristic of the Mongolic races . |
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