FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF MANDIBULAR NERVE

The mandibular nerve is the largest branch of trigeminal nerve. It innervates teeth, gums, skin temporal region, ear, lower lip, part face, muscles mastication, and mucous membrane anterior 2/3 tongue. main pharyngeal arch. sensory motor fibers in originate from two roots: root, which originates semilunar ganglion, nucleus. has a mixture nerves functions. Face, cheeks temples, oral cavity, teeth nasal cavity sinuses, temporomandibular joints muscles. Trauma to mandible can damage or tear inferior alveolar canal, causing loss distal lesion. Local anesthesia generally reserved for dental procedures. anesthetic injection into mucosa on medial side also involve nearby lingual nerve, thus affecting tongue inside mouth. close connection between submandibular canal important root infections surgical