Lingual foramina on the mandibular midline revisited: A macroanatomical study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-251

  Liang, X ^a   Jacobs, R ^a   Lambrichts, I ^b   Vandewalle, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lingual foramina; Macroanatomy; Mandibular midline; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBLE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BONE MICROARCHITECTURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MIDLINE LINGUAL MANDIBULAR FORAMINA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ARTERIES; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; LINGUAL NERVE; MANDIBLE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33947167205     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20357     Document Type: Article

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