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mental foramen

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006812

The mental foramen is one of two holes ('foramina') located on the anterior surface of the mandible. It permits passage of the mental nerve and vessels. The mental foramen descends slightly in edentulous individuals. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_foramen ]

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mental foramen

Synonyms

mental foramina

database cross reference

latin term

foramen mentale [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_foramen ]

plural term

mental foramina [ OBOL : automatic ]

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uberon

has related synonym

foramen mentale, foramen mentalis

UBERON:0006812

Term relations

Equivalent to:

foramen of skull and conduit for some mental nerve

Subclass of:

foramen of skull
neural crest-derived structure
conduit for some mental nerve
part of some mandible
conduit for some mental artery