A canal within the mandible that contains the inferior alveolar nerve, inferior alveolar artery, and inferior alveolar vein. It runs obliquely downward and forward in the ramus, and then horizontally forward in the body, where it is placed under the alveoli and communicates with them by small openings. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandibular_canal ]
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- bone foramen
- foramen of skull
- neural crest-derived structure
- conduit for some inferior alveolar artery
- part of some mandible
- conduit for some inferior alveolar nerve