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inferior alveolar nerve

inferior alveolar nerve noun: a branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.

Noun

inferior alveolar nerve (plural inferior alveolar nerves)

  1. A branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.

Forms of inferior alveolar nerve

pluralinferior alveolar nerves

Questions about inferior alveolar nerve

What does inferior alveolar nerve mean?
Inferior alveolar nerve means a branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.
What part of speech is inferior alveolar nerve?
Inferior alveolar nerve is a noun.
What is the plural of inferior alveolar nerve?
The plural of inferior alveolar nerve is inferior alveolar nerves.

Words near inferior alveolar nerve in the dictionary

  1. inferiolateral
  2. inferiomedially
  3. inferior
  4. inferior alveolar arteries
  5. inferior alveolar artery
  6. inferior alveolar nerve
  7. inferior alveolar nerves
  8. inferior cervical ganglia
  9. inferior cervical ganglion
  10. inferior colliculi
  11. inferior colliculus

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