Nervous system & sense organs
Inferior alveolar nerve
Nervus alveolaris inferior
- System
- Nervous system & sense organs
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Posterior division of mandibular nerve
DescriptionUnreviewed
The inferior alveolar nerve (sometimes called the inferior dental nerve) is a branch of the mandibular nerve, which is itself the third branch of the trigeminal nerve.
The inferior alveolar nerves supply sensation to the lower teeth.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Nervus alveolaris inferior
- English
- Inferior alveolar nerve
- French
- Nerf alvéolaire inférieur
- Spanish
- Nervio alveolar inferior
- Portuguese
- Nervo alveolar inferior