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inferior alveolar nerve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
in-fe-ri-or alve-o-lar n-erve
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.

Inflected Forms

inferior alveolar nerves (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

superior alveolar nerve

Questions

What does inferior alveolar nerve mean?
A branch of the mandibular nerve that passes through the mandibular canal to the mental foramen giving off various branches along the way to the teeth of the lower jaw and finally to the skin of the chin and the skin and mucous membrane of the lower lip.

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