Alveolar canals

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Bone: Alveolar canals

Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar canals labeled at center right.)
Latin	canales alveolares maxillae
Gray's	subject #38 158
Dorlands / Elsevier	c_04/12208530

The infratemporal surface of the maxilla is pierced about its center by the apertures of the alveolar canals, which transmit the posterior superior alveolar vessels and nerves.

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Bones of head and neck: the facial bones of the skull

Maxilla

Surfaces	Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa) - Infraorbital foramen - Anterior nasal spine Infratemporal: Alveolar canals - Maxillary tuberosity Orbital: Infraorbital groove - Infraorbital canal Nasal: Pterygopalatine canal

Processes	Zygomatic process Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) Alveolar process Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)

Other	Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus

Zygomatic

Orbital process (Zygomatico-orbital) - Temporal process (Zygomaticotemporal) - Lateral process (Zygomaticofacial)

Palatine

Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa

Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)

Processes	Orbital - Sphenoidal

Mandible

Body	external surface (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen) - internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) - Alveolar part of mandible

Ramus	Mylohyoid groove (Mandibular canal, Lingula) - Mandibular foramen - Angle Coronoid process - Mandibular notch - Condyloid process