Mandibular Nerve
Synonyms
Alveolar Nerve, Inferior
Alveolar Nerves, Inferior
Inferior Alveolar Nerve
Inferior Alveolar Nerves
Mandibular Nerves
Nerve, Inferior Alveolar
Nerve, Mandibular
Nerves, Inferior Alveolar
Nerves, Mandibular
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.