The mandibular foramen is an opening on the internal surface of the ramus of the mandible. It allows for divisions of the mandibular nerve and blood vessels...
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Mandible (redirect from Mandibular diseases)
masseter muscle. On the inside at the center there is an oblique mandibular foramen, for the entrance of the inferior alveolar vessels and nerve. The...
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The mental foramen is one of two foramina (openings) located on the anterior surface of the mandible. It is part of the mandibular canal. It transmits...
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and the mandibular foramen on medial aspect of ramus, into which the mandibular nerve enters to become the inferior alveolar nerve. The mandibular canal...
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Temporomandibular joint (redirect from Tempero-mandibular joint)
access to the mandibular foramen. The sphenomandibular ligament, because of its attachment to the lingula, overlaps the opening of the foramen. It is a vestige...
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and the meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (sometimes it passes through the foramen ovale instead). The foramen spinosum is often used as a landmark...
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transmits the mandibular nerve, a branch of the trigeminal nerve. The foramen ovale is an opening in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. The foramen ovale...
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The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (also known as the nervus spinosus) is a sensory branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3) that enters the middle...
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ganglion and through the foramen ovale to unite with the sensory root just outside the skull.[betterĀ sourceĀ needed] The mandibular nerve immediately passes...
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Infratemporal fossa (section Mandibular nerve)
temporal squama, containing the foramen ovale, which transmits the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve, and the foramen spinosum, which transmits the...
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