Mandible foramen

The lower jaw seen from dorsal to ventral (from behind)

X-ray representation of the jaw angle. The alveolar canal and its beginning on the mandibular foramen can be seen. Secondary finding: displaced lower wisdom tooth.

The foramen mandibulae (from Latin foramen “opening”, “hole” and mandibula , from mandere “chewing”) is a bone opening on the inside of the ascending branch of the lower jaw ( mandible ) through which the inferior alveolar nerve and the vena and arteria alveolaris inferior enter the canalis mandibulae (mandibular canal). The mandible foramen is present on both sides. It is covered by a small bone tongue ( lingula mandibulae ).

In the case of a conduction anesthesia of the lower jaw (e.g. for the purpose of extracting a tooth), the anesthetic is injected into the immediate vicinity of the mandibular foramen .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der kleine Stowasser : Latin-German school dictionary

literature

• Klaus D. Mörike: Textbook of macroscopic anatomy for dentists

See also

• Mental foramen