Mentum

The mentum is an anatomical structure, a projecting feature that is near the mouth of any of a variety of different kinds of animals:


 * 1) In insects, the mentum is the distal part of the labium. The mentum bears the palps, glossae, paraglossae, and/or ligula.
 * 2) On the human face, the mentum refers to the protruding part of the chin.
 * 3) In certain sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, the mentum is a thin projection of the soft parts of the animal, below the mouth. It is found in the family Pyramidellidae.