Mandibular foramen
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The mandibular foramen or inferior alveolar foramen is located on medial surface of ramus of the mandible and is the entrance to the mandibular canal. It transmits inferior alveolar nerve, a branch of the posterior division of the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve that supplies all the ipsilateral teeth up to the midline.
Superiorly it has a small tubercle or ridge, the lingula, where the sphenomandibular ligament attaches.
-<p>The<strong> mandibular foramen </strong>or<strong> inferior alveolar foramen</strong> is located on medial surface of ramus of the <a href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a> and is the entrance to the <a href="/articles/mandibular-canal-1">mandibular canal</a>. It transmits <a href="/articles/inferior-alveolar-nerve">inferior alveolar nerve</a>, a branch of mandibular division of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a> that supplies all the ipsilateral <a href="/articles/teeth">teeth</a> up to the midline.</p><p>Superiorly it has a small tubercle or ridge, the <a href="/articles/lingula-mandible-1">lingula</a>, where the <a href="/articles/sphenomandibular-ligament">sphenomandibular ligament</a> attaches.</p>- +<p>The<strong> mandibular foramen </strong>or<strong> inferior alveolar foramen</strong> is located on medial surface of ramus of the <a href="/articles/mandible">mandible</a> and is the entrance to the <a href="/articles/mandibular-canal-1">mandibular canal</a>. It transmits <a href="/articles/inferior-alveolar-nerve">inferior alveolar nerve</a>, a branch of the <a title="Posterior division of the mandibular nerve" href="/articles/posterior-division-of-the-mandibular-nerve">posterior division of the mandibular division</a> of the <a href="/articles/trigeminal-nerve">trigeminal nerve</a> that supplies all the ipsilateral <a href="/articles/teeth">teeth</a> up to the midline.</p><p>Superiorly it has a small tubercle or ridge, the <a href="/articles/lingula-mandible-1">lingula</a>, where the <a href="/articles/sphenomandibular-ligament">sphenomandibular ligament</a> attaches.</p>
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