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inferior alveolar nerves

inferior alveolar nerves is the plural of inferior alveolar nerve.

Meaning of inferior alveolar nerve

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.

Questions about inferior alveolar nerves

What is inferior alveolar nerves the plural of?
Inferior alveolar nerves is the plural of inferior alveolar nerve.

Words near inferior alveolar nerves in the dictionary

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

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