International Journal of Human Anatomy
Open Access
Communicating Branch of the Mental Nerve and Facial Nerve
Mar 2021 DOI 10.14302/issn.2577-2279.ijha-21-3769
Hidetomo HirouchiCorresponding author
As peripheral branches of the mandibular nerve, the mental nerve and facial nerve communicate with each other. However, investigations have not always been described in the classic anatomical texts. It remains unknown how nerve fibers of this communicating branch converge at the micro level. Thus, t…