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.

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Meanings

nouninferior alveolar nerve (plural inferior alveolar nerves)

plural inferior alveolar nerves

  1. anatomyA 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.
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