apical foramen of tooth

apical foramen of tooth
foramen apicis dentis [TA] a minute aperture usually at or near the apex of a root of a tooth but on occasion located on a side of a root, which gives passage to the vascular, lymphatic, and neural structures supplying the pulp; the main foramen sometimes branches near the apex to form two or more apical ramifications. Called also pulpal f. and root f.

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