incisive canal

incisive canal definition - medical

incisive canal

noun
Any of several bony canals that lead from the floor of the nasal cavity into the incisive fossa on the palatal surface of the maxilla and convey the nasopalatine nerves and branches of the greater palatine arteries. Also called incisor canal.

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