Mandibular nerve
... a sensory nerve) lingual nerve (a sensory nerve) inferior alveolar nerve (which gives off a motor nerve and a sensory nerve) ... nerve Maxillary nerve Marginal mandibular branch of facial nerve Dermatome distribution of the trigeminal nerve The nerves of ... Mandibular nerve Mandibular nerve Rodella, L.F.; Buffoli, B.; Labanca, M.; Rezzani, R. (April 2012). "A review of the ... the mandibular nerve (V3) is the largest of the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve (CN V). Unlike ...
Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve
The meningeal (recurrent) branch of the mandibular nerve (nervus spinosus) is a branch of the mandibular nerve that supplies ... The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve enters the skull through the foramen spinosum along with the middle meningeal ... Mandibular nerve, Meninges, All stub articles, Neuroanatomy stubs). ... The anterior communicates with the meningeal branch of the maxillary nerve. This article incorporates text in the public domain ...
Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve
The marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve is found superficial to the facial artery and (anterior) facial vein. Thus ... The marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve passes forward beneath the platysma and depressor anguli oris, supplying the ... The marginal mandibular nerve may be injured during surgery in the neck region, especially during excision of the submandibular ... ISBN 978-0-443-06952-9. Batra APS, Mahajan A, Gupta K. Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve: An anatomical study. ...
Mandibular canal
Mandibular nerve and bone. Deep dissection. Anterior view. Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep ... In human anatomy, the mandibular canal is a canal within the mandible that contains the inferior alveolar nerve, inferior ... It carries branches of the inferior alveolar nerve and artery. It is continuous with the mental foramen (which opens onto front ... of mandible) and mandibular foramen (on medial aspect of ramus). The mandibular canal is fairly close to the apices of the ...
Mandibular prominence
It is innervated by the mandibular nerve. This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's ... The mandibular prominence is an embryological structure which gives rise to the lower portion of the face. The mandible and ... The mesenchymal cells within the mandibular prominence condense to form Meckel's cartilage. ...
Medial pterygoid nerve
The medial pterygoid nerve (or internal pterygoid nerve) is a nerve of the head. It is a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3 ... The medial pterygoid nerve is a slender branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V ... Mandibular nerve". Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves. Churchill Livingstone. pp. 139-146. doi:10.1016/B978-0-7020-3100- ... Rea, Paul (2014). "10 - Vagus Nerve". Clinical Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves. Academic Press. pp. 105-116. doi:10.1016/B978-0- ...
Mental foramen
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve ... It is part of the mandibular canal. It transmits the terminal branches of the inferior alveolar nerve and the mental vessels. ... It is at the end of the mandibular canal, which begins at the mandibular foramen on the posterior surface of the mandible. It ... The mental nerve may be anaesthetized as it leaves the mental foramen. This causes loss of sensation to the lower lip and chin ...
Masseter muscle
Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. Masseter muscle. Deep dissection. Mummification process. Zygomasseteric system The ... the masseter is innervated by the anterior division of the mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal nerve. The innervation ... Its function is believed to be the retraction of the mandible and the stabilization of the mandibular coronoid process. Along ...
Inferior alveolar nerve
The inferior alveolar nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve. After branching from the mandibular nerve, the inferior ... Mandibular division of trifacial nerve, seen from the middle line. Inferior alveolar nerve Mandibular nerve and bone. Deep ... The inferior alveolar nerve (IAN) (also the inferior dental nerve) is a branch of the mandibular nerve, which is itself the ... The inferior alveolar nerve continues anteriorly as the mandibular incisive nerve to innervate the mandibular canines and ...
Deep temporal nerves
trigeminal nerve (CN V) mandibular nerve (V3) anterior division of mandibular nerve deep temporal nerves (anterior and ... The deep temporal nerves are two branches of the anterior division of the mandibular nerve that innervate the temporalis. The ... Sometimes, three deep temporal nerves are present branching from the anterior division of the mandibular nerve. In this case ... The anterior deep temporal nerve is sometimes a branch of the buccal nerve. The posterior deep temporal nerve is sometimes a ...
Muscles of mastication
... they are innervated by the mandibular branch, or V3. The Mandibular nerve is both sensory and motor. This is a testament to ... Unlike most of the other facial muscles, which are innervated by the facial nerve (or CN VII), the muscles of mastication are ... innervated by the trigeminal nerve (or CN V). More specifically, ...
Lingual nerve
Mandibular division of the trifacial nerve. Mandibular division of trifacial nerve, seen from the middle line. Plan of the ... Lingual nerve Lingual nerve Mandibular nerve and bone. Deep dissection. Anterior view. Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and ... It also carries nerve fibers that are not part of the trigeminal nerve, including the chorda tympani nerve of the facial nerve ... It contains fibres from both the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (CN V3 ) and from the facial nerve (CN VII). The ...
Zygomaticotemporal nerve
It communicates with the facial nerve and with the auriculotemporal branch of the mandibular nerve. The zygomaticotemporal ... The zygomaticotemporal nerve communicates with 2 other nerves, although the function of this is unknown. These nerves include: ... is a small nerve of the face. It is derived from the zygomatic nerve, a branch of the maxillary nerve (CN V2). It is ... nerve is a branch of the zygomatic nerve, a branch of the maxillary nerve. It runs along the lateral wall of the orbit in a ...
Masseteric nerve
The masseteric nerve is a nerve of the face. It is a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3). It crosses the mandibular notch to ... The masseteric nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve. It passes laterally, ... The masseteric nerve may be harvested and used to repair paralysis of the facial nerve. Masseteric artery This article ... Spira, M (1978-03-01). "Anastomosis of masseteric nerve to lower division of facial nerve for correction of lower facial ...
Orthognathic surgery
The inferior alveolar nerve, which is a branch of the mandibular nerve, must be identified during surgery and worked around ... Teerijoki-Oksa T, Jääskeläinen SK, Forssell K, Forssell H (2004). "Recovery of nerve injury after mandibular sagittal split ... There can also be some post operative facial numbness due to nerve damage. Diagnostics for nerve damage consist of: brush- ... mental nerve blink reflex (BR), nerve conduction study (NCS), and cold (CDT) and warm (WDT) detection thresholds. ...
Pharyngeal pouch (embryology)
Derivatives of this pouch are supplied by Mandibular nerve. Contributes the middle ear, palatine tonsils, supplied by the ... The main nerve supply to the derivatives of this pouch is Cranial Nerve IX, glossopharyngeal nerve. Derivatives include: ... Nerve supply is by the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Pharyngeal arch (often called branchial arch although this is more ... Nerve supplying these derivatives is Superior laryngeal nerve. Rudimentary structure, becomes part of the fourth pouch ...
Mandibular foramen
The mandibular nerve is one of three branches of the trigeminal nerve, and the only one having motor innervation. One branch of ... It allows for divisions of the mandibular nerve and blood vessels to pass through. The mandibular foramen is an opening on the ... Local anaesthetic can be injected around the mandibular foramen to anaesthetise the mandibular nerve, and thereby the mandible ... It allows for divisions of the mandibular nerve and blood vessels to pass through. There are two distinct anatomies to its rim ...
Tensor veli palatini muscle
The tensor veli palatini muscle is supplied by the mandibular nerve (CN V3). This is the third branch of the trigeminal nerve ( ... Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve, seen from the middle line. Levator veli palatini This article incorporates text in the ... Anatomy of the Trigeminal Nerve". Nerves and Nerve Injuries. Vol. 1: History, Embryology, Anatomy, Imaging, and Diagnostics. ... which is formed by the vagal and glossopharyngeal nerves. The tensor veli palatini tenses the soft palate and by doing so, ...
Auriculotemporal nerve
The auriculotemporal nerve arises from the mandibular nerve (CN V3). The mandibular nerve is a branch of the trigeminal nerve ( ... The auriculotemporal nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3) that runs with the superficial temporal artery and vein ... The somatosensory root (superior) originates from branches of the mandibular nerve (CN V3), which pass through the otic ... It is the main nerve that supplies the TMJ, along with branches of the masseteric nerve and the deep temporal. After a ...
Medial pterygoid muscle
The medial pterygoid nerve is a main trunk from the mandibular nerve, before the division of the trigeminal nerve - this is ... Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Mandibular division of trifacial nerve, ... The medial pterygoid muscle is supplied by the medial pterygoid nerve, a branch of the mandibular nerve, itself a branch of the ... It is supplied by the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (V). It is important in mastication (chewing). The medial ...
Inferior alveolar artery
It descends with the inferior alveolar nerve to the mandibular foramen on the medial surface of the ramus of the mandible. It ... Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve, seen from the middle line. External carotid artery with branches This article ... runs along the mandibular canal in the substance of the bone, accompanied by the nerve, and opposite the first premolar tooth ... The mental branch escapes with the nerve at the mental foramen, supplies the chin, and anastomoses with the submental and ...
Submandibular gland
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Mucus cell are identifiable by the lack of ... arteries and nerves of neck.Newborn dissection. Muscles, arteries and nerves of neck.Newborn dissection. Muscles, nerves and ... a branch of the facial nerve, that becomes part of the trigeminal nerve's lingual nerve prior to synapsing on the submandibular ... The excretory ducts are then crossed by the lingual nerve, and ultimately drain into the sublingual caruncles - small ...
Hyoglossus
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Hypoglossal nerve, cervical plexus, and ... lingual nerve, vena comitans of hypoglossal nerve, and the hypoglossal nerve. Note, posteriorly, the lingual nerve is superior ... Structures that are medial/deep to the hyoglossus are the glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve 9), the stylohyoid ligament and ...
Pterygopalatine nerves
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. This article incorporates text in the ... The two pterygopalatine nerves (or sphenopalatine branches) descend to the pterygopalatine ganglion. Although it is closely ... Perineural Spread of Tumor Along the Fifth and Seventh Cranial Nerves : Article by Charles Lee". Retrieved 2008-02-28. Hiatt, ... related to the pterygopalatine ganglion, it is still considered a branch of the maxillary nerve and does not synapse in the ...
Lateral pterygoid muscle
It is supplied by pterygoid branches of the maxillary artery, and the lateral pterygoid nerve (from the mandibular nerve, CN V3 ... a branch of the mandibular nerve (CN V3), itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). The primary function of the lateral ... Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Murray, Greg M.; Bhutada, Manish; Peck, ... The lateral pterygoid muscle is supplied by the lateral pterygoid nerve, ...
Brasilodon
There were separate foramina (holes) for the maxillary and mandibular nerves. Next to the crista interfenestralis there was a ...
Middle meningeal artery
Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. The otic ganglion and its branches. The ... The middle meningeal artery is intimately associated with the auriculotemporal nerve, which wraps around the artery making the ... supplies the facial nerve, and anastomoses with the stylomastoid branch of the posterior auricular artery. A superior tympanic ... and between the two roots of the auriculotemporal nerve to the foramen spinosum of the sphenoid bone, through which it enters ...
Nasociliary nerve
Nerves of the orbit. Seen from above. Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. ... posterior ethmoidal nerve anterior ethmoidal nerve long ciliary nerves infratrochlear nerve communicating branch to ciliary ... The nasociliary nerve is a branch of the ophthalmic nerve, itself a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). It is intermediate ... in size between the other two branches of the ophthalmic nerve, the frontal nerve and lacrimal nerve. The nasociliary nerve ...
Chorda tympani
It soon joins the pathway of the larger lingual nerve, a branch of the mandibular nerve. The fibers of the chorda tympani ... Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion. Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves ... It joins the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) inside the facial canal, at the level where the facial nerve exits the skull via ... The chorda tympani carries two types of nerve fibers from their origin with the facial nerve to the lingual nerve that carries ...
Foramen ovale (skull)
... mandibular nerve (a branch of the trigeminal nerve). accessory meningeal artery. lesser petrosal nerve (a branch of the ... It transmits the mandibular nerve, a branch of the trigeminal nerve. The foramen ovale is an opening in the greater wing of the ... typically the Mandibular) to relieve pain. This entry point is also used to surgically place local electrodes directly on the ... glossopharyngeal nerve). an emissary vein connecting the cavernous sinus with the pterygoid plexus. The foramen ovale is used ...
Josephoartigasia
The enormous fossils, catalogue number 28.VI.65.1 SPV-FHC, comprise a left mandibular (lower jaw) fragment which preserves the ... Eumegamyines additionally typically have a well developed stylomastoid foramen, which funnels the facial nerve, and a short ear ... which contains the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery, corresponding to vision. Eumegamyines typically feature an unusual large ...
List of diseases (C)
Coloboma of iris Coloboma of lens ala nasi Coloboma of macula type B brachydactyly Coloboma of macula Coloboma of optic nerve ... Cerebro oculo skeleto renal syndrome Cerebro reno digital syndrome Cerebroarthrodigital syndrome Cerebro-costo-mandibular ...
Bumblebee
108-114 Van Honk, C. G. J.; Velthuis, H. H. W.; Röseler, P.-F.; Malotaux, M. E. (1980). "The mandibular glands of Bombus ... Their thorax muscles do not contract on each nerve firing, but rather vibrate like a plucked rubber band. This is efficient, ... Further, it is necessary, since insect motor nerves generally cannot fire 200 times per second. These types of muscles are ...
Infratemporal fossa
The mandibular nerve also gives off many sensory branches, including: meningeal nerve buccal nerve auriculotemporal nerve ... The infratemporal fossa contains the mandibular nerve, the inferior alveolar nerve, the lingual nerve, the buccal nerve, the ... The mandibular nerve, the third branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V3), also known as the "inferior maxillary nerve", enters ... The mandibular nerve gives off four nerves to the four muscles of mastication in the infratemporal fossa. These are the ...
Barbel (anatomy)
Also, barbels are often mandibular or mental, being located on the chin. In fish, barbels can take the form of small, fleshy ... made from ossified tissue or from cartilaginous connective tissue that provides a base for blood vessels and myelinated nerves ...
Distraction osteogenesis
... damage to the inferior alveolar nerve occurs in 3.5% of mandibular distraction, tooth bud injury in 2%, and facial nerve injury ... Rossini G, Vinci B, Rizzo R, Pinho TM, Deregibus A (November 2016). "Mandibular distraction osteogenesis: a systematic review ... Saman M, Abramowitz JM, Buchbinder D (May 2013). "Mandibular osteotomies and distraction osteogenesis: evolution and current ...
Sinus of Morgagni (pharynx)
... the tumor may extend laterally and involve this sinus involving the mandibular nerve. This produces a triad of symptoms known ...
Retromandibular vein
It descends in the substance of the parotid gland, superficial to the external carotid artery (but beneath the facial nerve), ... Mandibular Subcondylar Fractures", Current Therapy In Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saint Louis: W.B. Saunders, pp. 298-304, ...
Sex differences in human physiology
Marner, L.; Nyengaard, J.R.; Tang, Y.; Pakkenberg, B. (2003). "Marked loss of myelinated nerve fibers in the human brain with ... Benediktsdóttir, Ingibjörg S.; Wenzel, Ann; Petersen, Jens K.; Hintze, Hanne (April 2004). "Mandibular third molar removal: ... Marner, L.; Nyengaard, J.R.; Tang, Y.; Pakkenberg, B. (2003). "Marked loss of myelinated nerve fibers in the human brain with ...
2019 in paleomammalogy
2019). A study on the evolution of the variation of the mandibular shape in caviomorph rodents is published online by Álvarez, ... sinuses and endocranial nerves and vessels of the periptychid Carsioptychus coarctatus is published by Cameron et al. (2019). ... A study on cheek teeth and mandibular remains of a middle Pleistocene rhinoceros from the Matsugae Cave (Japan), previously ... Anneke H. van Heteren; Mikel Arlegi; Elena Santos; Juan-Luis Arsuaga; Asier Gómez-Olivencia (2019). "Cranial and mandibular ...
Pulp stone
... s are not painful unless they impinge on nerves. They are classified: A) On the basis of structure 1) True pulp ... Generally, pulp stones are more frequent to be found in maxillary teeth compared to mandibular teeth. A study in Australia ...
Suboesophageal ganglion
As part of the ventral nerve cord, it is connected (via pairs of connections) to the brain (or supraoesophageal ganglion) and ... Therefore the fused parts are called the mandibular, maxillary and labial ganglia. Altman, J. S.; Kien, J. (1979). " ... to the first thoracic ganglion (or protothoracic ganglion). Its nerves innervate the sensory organs and muscles of the ...
2018 in reptile paleontology
A natural cast of the posterior brain, skull vessels and nerves, and the inner ear of Dinilysia patagonica is described by ... new insights on the Tithonian morphological disparity of mandibular symphyseal morphology". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (2): ... A study on the anatomy of the brain, inner ear, nasal cavity and skull nerves of Proganochelys quenstedti, and on its ...
Inferior dental plexus
It is branches off of the inferior alveolar nerve and functions as innervation to the mandibular molars, first bicuspid, and ... of the inferior alveolar nerve which branches as the inferior alveolar nerve exits the mental foramen as the mental nerve. ... The inferior dental plexus is a nerve plexus which supplies the lower jaw. ... Mandibular nerve, All stub articles, Neuroanatomy stubs). ...
Strepsirrhini
The upper lip is constrained by this connection and has fewer nerves to control movement, which leaves it less mobile than the ... Strepsirrhines are also traditionally noted for their unfused mandibular symphysis (two halves of the lower jaw), however, ... Also, several extinct giant lemurs exhibited a fused mandibular symphysis. Many nocturnal species have large, independently ... fusion of the mandibular symphysis was common in adapiforms, notably Notharctus. ...
Root canal treatment
The dentist may also remove just the coronal portion of the dental pulp, which contains 90% of the nerve tissue, and leave ... "Analysis of four gutta-percha techniques used to fill mesial root canals of mandibular molars". International Endodontic ... Root canals, and their associated pulp chamber, are the physical hollows within a tooth that are naturally inhabited by nerve ... Further occurrences of pain could indicate the presence of continuing infection or retention of vital nerve tissue.[citation ...
Fascial spaces of the head and neck
Each masticator space also contains the sections of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve and the internal maxillary ... The compartments of the masticator space are located on either side of the mandibular ramus and on either side of the ... Other contents such as salivary glands, blood vessels, nerves and lymph nodes are dependent upon the location of the space. ... Those containing neurovascular tissue (nerves and blood vessels) may also be termed compartments. Generally, the spread of ...
MDP syndrome
mandibular hypoplasia (a small lower jaw), deafness, tightening of the skin, lipodystrophy (a reduction in fat under the skin ... Deafness is a feature of MDP syndrome as a result of the nerves not working well and people often have difficulty getting ... In this case it is best to remove teeth early rather than hoping that there will be mandibular (lower jaw) growth. Overcrowding ... MDP syndrome, also known as mandibular dysplasia with deafness and progeroid features, is an extremely rare metabolic disorder ...
Pterygomandibular space
... the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve, the inferior alveolar artery and vein, the sphenomandibular ligament. The ... A mandibular fracture in the angle region may also be the cause of a pterygomandibular space infection. The signs and symptoms ... Branches of the facial nerve (which gives the motor supply to the muscles of facial expression) run through the substance of ... and the most common teeth responsible for this are the mandibular second and third molar teeth. Hupp JR, Ellis E, Tucker MR ( ...
Ventastega
... is the presence of a fully enclosed mandibular sensory canal which opens to the external world through only a single row of ... except Ventastega had a uniquely large and bi-lobed nerve foramen on the anterior face of the prootic, along with an orbit- ...
Wisdom tooth
"Determining the risk relationship associated with inferior alveolar nerve injury following removal of mandibular third molar ... Mandibular third molars are the smallest molar teeth in the permanent dentition. The crown usually takes on a rounded ... Proximity of the impacted third molar root to the mandibular canal, which can be seen in radiographs, has been shown to be a ... To date there is no clear correlation between the use of PRF after a mandibular third molar removal surgery and the recovery of ...
Geniohyoid muscle
The geniohyoid muscle is innervated by fibres from the first cervical spinal nerve travelling alongside the hypoglossal nerve. ... It arises from the inferior mental spine, on the back of the mandibular symphysis, and runs backward and slightly downward, to ... Although the first three cervical nerves give rise to the ansa cervicalis, the geniohyoid muscle is said to be innervated by ... the first cervical nerve, as some of its efferent fibers do not contribute to ansa cervicalis. It may be blended with the one ...
Treacher Collins syndrome
Upper facial nerve involvement (temporal or zygomatic branches) N2: Lower facial nerve involvement (buccal, mandibular or ... lobular remnant usually inferior anteriorly displaced Facial nerve N0: No facial nerve involvement N1: ... Mandibular advancement can be an effective way to improve both breathing and æsthetics, while a genioplasty only restores the ... This acronym describes five distinct dysmorphic manifestations, namely orbital asymmetry, mandibular hypoplasia, auricular ...
Mylohyoid muscle
The mylohyoid muscle is supplied by a branch of the mandibular nerve, the inferior alveolar nerve. The mylohyoid nerve is a ... The mylohyoid nerve emerges to give motor supply to the mylohyoid muscle. The mylohyoid muscles are derived from embryonic ... The two mylohyoid muscles arise from the mandible at the mylohyoid line, which extends from the mandibular symphysis in front ... Accessory mylohyoid muscles have been seen in some people, which have the same attachments, nerve supply, and function. The ...
Bruxism
The intent is for the brain to interpret the nerve sensations as undesirable, automatically and subconsciously reducing ... Clenching (or clamping), on the other hand, involves inaudible, sustained, forceful tooth contact unaccompanied by mandibular ... A mandibular advancement device (normally used for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea) may reduce sleep bruxism, although its ... "Non-functional contact of the mandibular and maxillary teeth resulting in clenching or tooth grinding due to repetitive, ...
Evolution of cetaceans
The large mandibular foramen indicates that the mandibular fat pad was present. However the air-filled sinuses that are present ... Limb buds progress to the condensation phase of early skeletogenesis, where nerves grow into the limb bud and the apical ... The mandibular foramen in ambulocetids had increased in size, which indicates that a fat pad was likely to be housed in the ... The mandibular foramen of basilosaurids covered the entire depth of the lower jaw as in modern cetaceans. Their orbits faced ...
Index of anatomy articles
... mammillothalamic tract mammogram mandible mandibular condyles mandibular foramen mandibular fossa mandibular nerve mandibular ... cranial cranial autonomic ganglia cranial bone cranial nerve ganglia cranial nerve lesion cranial nerve nuclei cranial nerves ... abducens nerve abducens nucleus abducent abducent nerve abduction accessory bone accessory cuneate nucleus accessory nerve ... palatine canal greater palatine foramen greater palatine nerve greater petrosal nerve greater superficial petrosal nerve ...
Trotter's syndrome
The cause of pain is the mandibular nerve of the foramen ovale, through which the tumor enters the calvarium. Symptoms include ...