mental artery
The mental branch of inferior alveolar artery escapes with the nerve at the mental foramen, supplies the chin, and anastomoses with the submental and inferior labial arteries. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_artery ]
Synonyms: ramus mentalis (arteria alveolaris inferior), mental branch of inferior alveolar artery
Term info
- UMLS:C0226144 (ncithesaurus:Mental_Artery)
- Wikipedia:Mental_part_of_inferior_alveolar_artery
- FMA:49701
- MA:0002002
- NCIT:C52973
- SCTID:147561008
- EMAPA:37105 (MA:th)
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
uberon
UBERON:0001617
Mental artery, mental artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- head blood vessel
- artery
- supplies some chin
- branching part of some inferior alveolar artery
- part of some inferior alveolar artery