Landmark · Skeletal system
Mental foramen
Foramen mentale
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Landmark on
- Mandible
DescriptionUnreviewed
The mental foramen is one of two foramina (openings) located on the anterior surface of the mandible.
It is part of the mandibular canal.
It transmits the terminal branches of the inferior alveolar nerve and the mental vessels.
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Names
- Latin
- Foramen mentale
- English
- Mental foramen
- French
- Foramen mentonnier
- Spanish
- Foramen mental
- Portuguese
- Forame mentual