Incisive canals
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| Bone: Incisive canals | |
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| The bony palate and alveolar arch. (Incisive canals labeled at upper left.) | |
| Latin | canales incisivi |
| Gray's | subject #38 162 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | c_04/12208639 |
In the opening of the incisive foramen, the orifices of two lateral canals are visible; they are named the incisive canals or foramina of Stenson.
Through each of them passes the terminal branch of the descending palatine artery and the nasopalatine nerve.
Additional images
 Left maxilla. Nasal surface. |
 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
 Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
 The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. |
External links
- Incisive+canal at eMedicine Dictionary
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Foramina of the skull (and canals, fissures, meati, and hiati) | |
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| Anterior cranial fossa | to Orbit: ethmoidal foramina (anterior, posterior) to Nasal cavity: olfactory foramina (CN-I) - foramen cecum |
| Middle cranial fossa | to Orbit: optic canal (CN-II) - superior orbital fissure (CN-III,IV,V1,VI)
to Pterygopalatine fossa: foramen rotundum (CN-V2) - pterygoid canal to Infratemporal fossa: foramen ovale (CN-V3) - foramen spinosum/carotid canal other: foramen lacerum - hiatus for greater petrosal nerve - hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve - sphenoidal emissary foramen |
| Posterior cranial fossa | internal auditory meatus/facial canal/stylomastoid foramen (CN-VII,VIII) - jugular foramen (CN-IX,X,XI) - foramen magnum (CN-XI) - hypoglossal canal (CN-XII) - condylar canal - mastoid foramen |
| Orbit | to Nasal cavity: nasolacrimal canal to Face: supraorbital (notch, foramen) - infraorbital (foramen, groove) - zygomatic foramen (-facial, -temporal) to Pterygopalatine fossa: inferior orbital fissure |
| Pterygopalatine fossa | to Nasal cavity: sphenopalatine foramen
to Oral cavity: greater palatine canal/greater palatine foramen - lesser palatine canals/lesser palatine foramina to Infratemporal fossa: pterygomaxillary fissure to Nasopharynx: palatovaginal canal |
| Nasal cavity | to Oral cavity: incisive canals - incisive foramen |
| Other | external acoustic meatus - mandibular foramen - mental foramen - parietal foramen - petrotympanic fissure - semilunar hiatus |
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