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Preferred term

Mandibular Nerve  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Alveolar Nerve, Inferior
  • Auriculotemporal Nerve
  • Auriculotemporal Nerves
  • Buccal Nerve
  • Buccal Nerves
  • Deep Temporal Nerve
  • Deep Temporal Nerves
  • Inferior Alveolar Nerve
  • Inferior Alveolar Nerves
  • Lateral Pterygoid Nerve
  • Lateral Pterygoid Nerves
  • Masseteric Nerve
  • Masseteric Nerves
  • Mental Nerve
  • Mental Nerves
  • Mylohyoid Nerve
  • Mylohyoid Nerves
  • Nerve, Auriculotemporal
  • Nerve, Buccal
  • Nerve, Deep Temporal
  • Nerve, Inferior Alveolar
  • Nerve, Lateral Pterygoid
  • Nerve, Masseteric
  • Nerve, Mental
  • Nerve, Mylohyoid
  • Pterygoid Nerve, Lateral
  • Pterygoid Nerves, Lateral
  • Temporal Nerve, Deep
  • Temporal Nerves, Deep

Note

  • disease: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; neoplasms: coordinate with CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS + histological type of neoplasm

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008340

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