"mental artery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mental arteries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mental artery (plural mental arteries)
  1. (anatomy) A branch of the inferior alveolar artery on each side that emerges from the mental foramen and supplies blood to the chin. Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: mental branch Translations (branch of the inferior alveolar artery): 頦動脈 (Chinese Mandarin), 颏动脉 (alt: kē dòngmài, (Taiwan) hái dòngmài) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-mental_artery-en-noun-CJXQ4DN~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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