Middle superior alveolar nerve

Middle superior alveolar nerve
Middle superior alveolar nerve
	Distribution of the maxillary and mandibular nerves, and the submaxillary ganglion.
	Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion.
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Identifiers
Latin	ramus alveolaris superior medius nervi maxillaris
TA98	A14.2.01.051
TA2	6240
FMA	52932
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The middle superior alveolar nerve is a nerve that drops from the infraorbital portion of the maxillary nerve to supply the , the roots of the maxillary premolars, and the of the first maxillary molar. It is not always present; in 72% of cases it is non existent with the anterior superior alveolar nerve innervating the premolars and the posterior superior alveolar nerve innervating the molars, including the mesiobuccal root of the first molar.

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MedEd at Loyola GrossAnatomy/h_n/cn/cn1/cnb2.htm

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