Mental foramen
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| Mental foramen | |
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| Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Mental foramen visible at left.) | |
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| The permanent teeth, viewed from the right. The external layer of bone has been partly removed and the maxillary sinus has been opened. (Mental foramen labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | foramen mentale |
| Gray's | subject #44 172 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373306 |
The mental foramen is a foramen in the mandible.
It permits passage of the mental nerve.
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