Publication: A Study of the relationship of structures at Mandibular Foramen
Date
2014
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Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Mandibular foramen is located on medial aspect of ramus of mandible. Inferior alveolar artery and nerve enters into the foramen and inferior alveolar vein comes out of it. Dissection studies on 16 male and 4 female cadavers suggested that inferior alveolar nerve was medial to inferior alveolar vessels and inferior alveolar artery was anterior to inferior alveolar vein. Knowledge of interrelationship of structures at mandibular foramen is important for dental surgeon or oral surgeons while giving the inferior alveolar nerve block.
Keywords: mandibular foramen, inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery
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P Baral
Department of Anatomy, B.P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
D Bastola
Department of physiology, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
RN Shrestha
Department of Anatomy, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
mandibular foramen, inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery