Anatom3DAnterior division of mandibular nerve
Truncus anterior nervi mandibularis · Přední oddíl dolnočelistního nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
The smaller front branch of the mandibular nerve, just below the skull base.
What it does
Mostly motor: moves the chewing muscles; its one sensory branch is the buccal nerve for the cheek.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured alone; relevant to jaw surgery and nerve blocks.
Its parts
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Cluster headache
- Cold sores (herpes simplex)
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Migraine
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies