Mental foramen

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The mental foramen is the anterior opening of the mandibular canal on the body of the mandible lateral to and above the mental tubercle giving passage to the mental artery and nerve.[1]

  1. "Mental Foramen", http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?mental+foramen, Cancerweb.uk, 5/3/2008