Lingual Nerve
"Lingual Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A sensory branch of the MANDIBULAR NERVE, which is part of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The lingual nerve carries general afferent fibers from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue, the floor of the mouth, and the mandibular gingivae.
| Descriptor ID |
D008036
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.760.500.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Lingual Nerve- Lingual Nerve
- Lingual Nerves
- Nerve, Lingual
- Nerves, Lingual
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