Mandibular nerve

Exits at foramen ovale
Responsible for jaw jerk

Branches:

  1. Buccal (cutaneous)
  2. Inferior alveolar (cutaneous)
  3. Auriculotemporal (cutaneous)
  4. Lingual

important supply

auriculotemporal nerve

course

  • passes posteriorly around middle meningeal artery
  • passes between tensor veli palatini and the upper head of the lateral pterygoid muscle

supply

  • secretomotor supply to Parotid gland
  • sensory supply to
    • anterior of ear

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Trigeminal nerve