Mandibular notch

Mandibular notch
	File:Mandibular notch - lateral view.png Position of mandibular notch in skull, shown in red.
	File:Mandibular notch - close-up - superior view2.png Position of mandibular notch in mandible, shown in red.
Details
Latin	incisura mandibulae
Identifiers
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The upper border of the ramus of mandible is thin, and is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid process anteriorly and the condyloid process posteriorly, separated by a deep concavity, the mandibular notch, or sigmoid notch. It allows the passage of the masseteric nerve (a branch of the mandibular nerve (V3) division of the trigeminal nerve), masseteric artery and masseteric vein.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy image: skel/mandible2 at Human Anatomy Lecture (Biology 129), Pennsylvania State University
Diagram at unc.edu