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When placing local anesthesia at the BASE of a lesion on the lateral tongue, which nerve is being anesthetized?

Glossopharyngeal nerve
Lingual nerve
Hypoglossal nerve
Inferior alveolar nerve

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Correct answer: B. Lingual nerve

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