Anatom3DMandibular nerve
Nervus mandibularis (V3) · Dolnočelistní nerv
Nervous system
Looks like
The third and largest division of the trigeminal nerve (V3), leaving the skull through the foramen ovale.
What it does
Brings feeling from the lower face, lower teeth, gums and tongue, and moves the chewing muscles.
Keeping it well
Trigeminal neuralgia — brief electric shocks of face pain — often involves it; it responds to treatment, see a doctor.
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