Mental artery

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 147561008

Mental artery

Definition

The mental branch of inferior alveolar artery escapes with the nerve at the mental foramen, supplies the chin, and anastomoses with the submental and inferior labial arteries. [WP,unvetted].

Also known as mental branch of inferior alveolar artery, ramus mentalis (arteria alveolaris inferior) — per UBERON

The Mental artery is a part of the Cardiovascular.

Also identified as