mandibular nerve
inferior maxillary nerve
The motor and sensory nerve subdivision of the trigeminal nerve that transmits sensory information from the auricle, the external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane, temporal region, the cheek, the skin overlying the mandible, the anterior portion of the tongue, the floor of the mouth, lower teeth and gingiva and transmits motor information from the muscles of mastication, the mylohyoid muscle and digastric muscle and the muscles tensor tympani and tensor veli palatini.
| Type | Muscle |
| Structure parente | nerve of head region |
| Nom latin | inferior maxillary nerve |
| FMA ID | 52996 |
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Data sources: Terminologia Anatomica, Foundational Model of Anatomy, Wikidata.
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