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Descriptor English: Mental Foramen
Descriptor Spanish: Foramen Mental
Descriptor foramen mentoniano
Entry term(s) agujero mentoniano
agujeros mentonianos
forámenes mentonianos
Scope note: Abertura en la cara anterolateral de la MANDÍBULA a través de la cual salen el nervio y los vasos mentonianos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Forame Mentual
Descriptor French: Foramen mentonnier
Entry term(s): Mental Foramina
Tree number(s): A02.835.232.781.324.502.632.800
A14.521.632.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080383
Scope note: An opening on the anterolateral aspect of the MANDIBLE through which the mental nerve bundle and vessels exit.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Mandible (1965-2019)
Public MeSH Note: 2020
History Note: 2020
DeCS ID: 59149
Unique ID: D000080383
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/04/29
Mental Foramen - Preferred
Concept UI M000647224
Scope note An opening on the anterolateral aspect of the MANDIBLE through which the mental nerve bundle and vessels exit.
Preferred term Mental Foramen
Entry term(s) Mental Foramina



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