| Inferior alveolar artery | |
|---|---|
 Plan of branches of internal maxillary artery. (Inferior alveolar labeled at bottom center.) | |
 Plan of branches of the maxillary artery. | |
| Details | |
| Source | Maxillary artery |
| Branches | Incisor branch mental branch lingual branch mylohyoid branch |
| Supplies | Dental alveolus |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria alveolaris inferior |
| TA98 | A12.2.05.056 |
| TA2 | 4426 |
| FMA | 49695 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The inferior alveolar artery (inferior dental artery) is an artery of the head. It is a branch of (the first part of) the maxillary artery. It descends through the infratemporal fossa[1] as part of a neurovascular bundle with the inferior alveolar nerve and vein to the mandibular foramen where it enters and passes anteriorly inside the mandible, supplying the body of mandible and the dental pulp of the lower molar and premolar teeth.[2] Its terminal incisor branch supplies the rest of the lower teeth.[citation needed] Its mental branch exits the mandibula anteriorly through the mental foramen to supply adjacent lip and skin.[2]
- ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 654. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Sinnatamby, Chummy S. (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). Elsevier Australia. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.