- incisive foramen
- incisive foramen n any of the openings of the incisive canal into the incisive fossa
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Incisive foramen — Infobox Bone Name = Incisive foramen Latin = foramina incisiva GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = 162 Caption = The bony palate and alveolar arch. Caption2 = Base of skull. Inferior surface. System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = f 12… … Wikipedia
incisive foramen — noun : a pit or in some animals two pits just behind the incisor teeth transmitting the nasopalatine nerves and the greater palatin artery … Useful english dictionary
Foramen magnum — Bone: Foramen magnum Occipital bone. Inner surface. Gray s subject #31 129 … Wikipedia
Incisive canals — Infobox Bone Name = Incisive canals Latin = canales incisivi GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = 162 Caption = The bony palate and alveolar arch. (Incisive canals labeled at upper left.) Caption2 = System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 04… … Wikipedia
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
Mental foramen — Bone: Mental foramen Mandible. Outer surface. Side view. (Mental foramen visible at left.) Latin foramen mentale Gray s … Wikipedia
Mandibular foramen — Bone: Mandibular foramen Mandible. Inner surface. Side view. (Mandibular foramen visible at left.) Latin foramen mandibulae Gray s … 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
Mastoid foramen — Bone: Mastoid foramen Left temporal bone. Inner surface. (Mastoid foramen labeled at bottom left.) … Wikipedia
Scarpa's foramen — n either of two canals opening into the incisive foramen in the median plane behind the upper incisors and transmitting the nasopalatine nerves … Medical dictionary
