inferior alveolar nerves

A form of inferior alveolar nerve — 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.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of inferior alveolar nerve
Cite this entry
APA

inferior alveolar nerves. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inferior%20alveolar%20nerves

MLA

“inferior alveolar nerves.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inferior%20alveolar%20nerves. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inferior alveolar nerves,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inferior%20alveolar%20nerves.

Source: inferior alveolar nerves on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.