mandibular nerve

Term ID

UBERON:0000375

Synonyms

• n. mandibularis
• nervus mandibularis
• ramus mandibularis (ramus V3)
• trigeminal nerve mandibular division
• trigeminal V nerve mandibular division

Definition

The motor and sensory nerve subdivision of the trigeminal nerve that transmits sensory information from the auricle, the external acoustic meatus, tympanic membrane, temporal region, the cheek, the skin overlying the mandible, the anterior portion of the tongue, the floor of the mouth, lower teeth and gingiva and transmits motor information from the muscles of mastication, the mylohyoid muscle and digastric muscle and the muscles tensor tympani and tensor veli palatini. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandibular_nerve

References

• AAO:0010688
• AAO:0010703
• BTO:0001375
• EHDAA2:0002086
• EMAPA:17798
• GAID:834
• MA:0001101
• MESH:D008340
• Mandibular:nerve
• NCIT:C32779
• OpenCyc:Mx4rvcQKSpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
• UMLS:C0024695
• VHOG:0001345
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0024695
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/280212008

Ontology

Uberon Ontology