Infraorbital canal
{{Short description|Canal found at the base of the orbit that opens on to the maxilla}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the infraorbital groove and infraorbital foramen, which are on opposite ends of the canal.}}
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The infraorbital canal is a canal found at the base of the orbit that opens on to the maxilla. It is continuous with the infraorbital groove and opens onto the maxilla at the infraorbital foramen.{{cite book|last=Drake|first=Richard L.|title=Gray's anatomy for students|year=2005|publisher=Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-8089-2306-0|author2=Vogl, Wayne |author3=Tibbitts, Adam W.M. Mitchell |author4=illustrations by Richard |author5= Richardson, Paul |page=837}} The infraorbital nerve and infraorbital artery travel through the canal.
Structure
Function
It transmits the infraorbital nerve as well as infraorbital artery, both of which enter this canal at the infraorbital groove and after coursing through the maxillary sinus exit via the infraorbital foramen. Before exiting, the anterior superior alveolar nerve, middle superior alveolar nerve and corresponding arteries will branch off.
References
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External links
- [http://anatomy.uams.edu/anatomyhtml/bones_head&neck.html Description at uams.edu]
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