Mandibular Nerve
"Mandibular Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A branch of the trigeminal (5th cranial) nerve. The mandibular nerve carries motor fibers to the muscles of mastication and sensory fibers to the teeth and gingivae, the face in the region of the mandible, and parts of the dura.
| Descriptor ID |
D008340
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.120.760.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mandibular Nerve- Mandibular Nerve
- Mandibular Nerves
- Nerve, Mandibular
- Nerves, Mandibular
Alveolar Nerve, Inferior- Alveolar Nerve, Inferior
- Alveolar Nerves, Inferior
- Inferior Alveolar Nerve
- Inferior Alveolar Nerves
- Nerve, Inferior Alveolar
- Nerves, Inferior Alveolar
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