NBME 17 Inferior alveolar nerve (NBME Answers)

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A 27-year-old woman is brought to the ...
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submitted by ∗waitingonprometric(264)

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Figure from this paper shows the course of the inferior alveolar n.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546712/

Inferior alveolar n. is also sometimes called the inferior dental n. b/c it supplies sensation to the lower teeth.

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j44n why couldnt it be the maxillary artery? doesnt that run through the jaw as well +1

hiroshimi @j44n: Maxillary artery give a branch called inferior alveolar artery that travels with the inferior alveolar nerve. The maxillary artery itself will travel up and give branches other including the middle meningeal artery around the temporal. So saying maxillary is too broad I think. +

sexymexican888 This shit is so fucking annoying LMAO its so fucking shitty how they ask questions on shit you can find or FA +

chaosawaits All I know is I want to see this actual patient's tongue to see how it is "not injured" +

thatmd UW question ID: 20060 +

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submitted by ∗pfebo(13)

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This question is about the three branches of the trigeminal nerve (CNV). Patient has marked edema and tenderness of jaw, so it locates to mandibular branch which includes th inferior alveolar nerve.

Levator labii superioris is part of the Maxillary branch, patient would present numbness in area and sx of orbital floor fracture.

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