KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 5 · KROK (Dentistry)

A patient was delivered to a hospital with the fracture of mandible and considerable bleeding in the region of fracture. What artery is likely to be damaged?

  1. A. Inferior alveolar artery
  2. B. Ascending pharyngeal artery
  3. C. Lingual artery
  4. D. Ascending palatine artery
  5. E. Superior alveolar artery
Hint

Ask which artery runs inside the bone of the lower jaw, in the mandibular canal.

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