Mandible
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In jawed vertebrates, the mandible, lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lower – and typically more mobile – component of the mouth.
Front view
Left side
Medial surface of the right body and ramus, the latter penetrated by the mandibular foramen (right)
German illustration with jawbones cut away to show the inferior alveolar nerve branching to the mandible's dental alveoli and passing through the mental foramen
Lingual nerve
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The lingual nerve carries sensory innervation from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue. It contains fibres from both the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve and from the facial nerve. The fi
Lingual nerve
Lingual nerve
Mandibular nerve and bone. Deep dissection. Anterior view.
Infratemporal fossa. Lingual and inferior alveolar nerve. Deep dissection. Anterolateral view