Mandibular notch

Mandibular notch
Bone: Mandibular notch
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Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Mandibular notch visible at upper right.)
Latin incisura mandibulae
Gray's subject #44 174

The upper border of the ramus of mandible is thin, and is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid process anteriorly and the condyloid process posteriorly, separated by a deep concavity, the mandibular notch. It allows the passage of the masseteric nerve (a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3) division of the trigeminal nerve), masseteric artery and masseteric vein.

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