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... > Nervous System > Peripheral Nervous System > Peripheral Nerves > Cranial Nerves > Trigeminal Nerve > Mandibular Nerve > Lingual Nerve

Preferred term

Lingual Nerve  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • disease: coordinate IM with CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES (IM); neoplasm: coordinate IM with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS (1M) + histological type of neoplasm (IM)

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(71); was see under MANDIBULAR NERVE 1971-90

In other languages

  • kielihermo

    Finnish

  • lingualis
  • n. lingualis
  • nervus lingualis
  • Tungnerv

    Swedish

  • Nervus lingualis

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008036

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