Anatom3DMental branch of inferior alveolar artery
Ramus mentalis arteriae alveolaris inferioris · Bradová větev dolní alveolární tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The end of the inferior alveolar artery, coming out of a small hole on the chin below the premolar teeth.
What it does
Supplies the chin and lower lip.
Keeping it well
Surgeons avoid this hole when placing implants or doing chin surgery.
Related conditions
- Carotid artery stenosis
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Takayasu arteritis
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)