Topographic anatomy of the lingual nerve and variations in communication pattern of the mandibular nerve branches

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 128-135

  Kim, S Y ^a   Hu, K S ^a   Chung, I H ^b   Lee, E W ^a   Kim, H J ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auriculotemporal nerve; Inferior alveolar nerve; Infratemporal fossa; Lingual nerve; Mylohyoid nerve; Nerve communication; Nerve entrapment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GANGLION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUAL NERVE; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1842790686     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0179-x     Document Type: Article

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