mental foramen

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Introduction

Paired opening in the mandible, giving passage to the inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery & inferior alveolar vein.

The inferior alveolar nerve becomes the mental nerve upon emerging from the mental foramen.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999