Mental branch of inferior alveolar artery

Mental branch of inferior alveolar artery

Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery.
Details
Source inferior alveolar artery
Identifiers
Latin ramus mentalis arteriae alveolaris inferioris
TA A12.2.05.059
FMA 49701

Anatomical terminology

The mental branch of inferior alveolar artery escapes with the nerve at the mental foramen, supplies the chin, and anastomoses with the submental and inferior labial arteries.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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