sphenopalatine canal
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canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root … Medical dictionary
Condylar canal — Bone: Condyloid canal Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyloid canal visible at center left.) … Wikipedia
Posterior septal branches of sphenopalatine artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = rami septales posteriores arteriae sphenopalatinae GraySubject = 144 GrayPage = 562 Caption = Caption2 = BranchFrom = sphenopalatine artery BranchTo = Vein = Supplies = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre =… … Wikipedia
Mandibular canal — Bone: Mandibular canal The permanent teeth, viewed from the right. The external layer of bone has been partly removed and the maxillary sinus has been opened. Gray s … Wikipedia
Optic canal — Bone: Optic foramen 1: Foramen ethmoidale 2: Canalis opticus 3: Fissura orbitalis superior 4: Fossa sacci lacrimalis 5: Sulcus infraorbitalis 6: Fissura orbitalis inferior 7: Foramen infraorbitale … Wikipedia
Nasolacrimal canal — Bone: Nasolacrimal canal The lacrimal apparatus. Right side … Wikipedia
Mandibular incisive canal — The mandibular incisive canal (indicated here by coral green arrows) continuing anteriorly (to the right) from the mandibular canal (purple arrows) after the mental foramen (light green circle). The mandibular incisive canal is a bony canal… … Wikipedia
canalis palatovaginalis — [TA] palatovaginal canal: a narrow canal located in the roof of the nasal cavity between the inferior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone and the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it opens posteriorly into the nasal cavity and… … Medical dictionary
canalis palatinus major — [TA] greater palatine canal: a passage in the sphenoid and palatine bones for the greater palatine vessels and nerve; it ends at the foramen palatinum majus. Called also palatomaxillary canal, pterygopalatine canal, and sphenopalatine canal … Medical dictionary
Foramen — A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale. * * * An aperture or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. SYN: trema (1). [L. an… … Medical dictionary
