##  [Inferior Alveolar Nerve](/inferior-alveolar-nerve) 

  ##  [Inferior Alveolar Nerve](https://health.quantumdictionary.io/inferior-alveolar-nerve-0) 

  

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Definition

A sensory branch of the mandibular division (V3) of the trigeminal nerve that enters the mandible at the mandibular foramen, courses in the mandibular canal as part of the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle, supplies sensory innervation to the mandibular teeth, and continues anteriorly to emerge as the mental nerve supplying the skin of the chin and lower lip; a motor branch (nerve to mylohyoi