In the present study, location of the MC in the mandibular foramen region was found to be in the lower third of the midthird of the ramus superoinferiorly.
(30) also described MC as in contact with or 2 mm away from lingual cortical bone in mandibular foramen level.
i) Mandibular foramen to mandibular angle (I): Shortest distance from the mandibular foramen to the extreme caudal margin of the angle of the mandible.
In horse and dogs the distance between the mandibular foramen and the base of the mandible was 3 cm and 1.5 to 2 cm, respectively (Hall et al.).
(A) and (B) Marking the position of
mandibular foramen (asterisk).
Mandibular foramen to mandibular angle: Shortest distance from the
mandibular foramen to the extreme caudal margin of the angle of the mandible.
A study of the position of the
mandibular foramen in the adult human mandible.
Anatomic study of the
mandibular foramen, lingula and antilingula in dry mandibles, and its statistical relationship between the true lingula and the antilingula.
The lingula of the mandible is a tongue-shaped bone projection on the medial aspect of the ramus, which lies in close proximity to the anterior margin of the
mandibular foramen (Monazzi et al.; Jansisyanont et al.; Kim et al., 1997).
Dorso-lateral aspect of mandible of female blackbuck showing alveolar sockets for incisors (a), mental foramen (b), anterior margin of ramus (c), first premolar (d), horizontal part of ramus (e), molar (f), posterior margin of ramus (g), vertical part of ramus (h), coronoid process (i),
mandibular foramen (j).
Narayana & Prashanthi (2003) analyzed 335 dried mandibles and they only found a single case with an accessory
mandibular foramen that originated in a canal.
Some of the regions in which reliable measurements can be made are the ones related to the base of the maxillary sinus and the nasal cavity, the infraorbital, mental, and
mandibular foramens, the mandibular canal, the lingula of the mandible, the sigmoid notch of the mandible, or the teeth (especially the dental length).