alveolar canals

{{Short description|Apertures in the maxilla}}

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| Name = Alveolar canals

| Latin = canales alveolares maxillae

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| Caption = Left maxilla. Outer surface (alveolar canals labeled at center right)

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The alveolar canals are apertures in the center of the infratemporal surface of the maxilla. The alveolar canals transmit the posterior superior alveolar vessels and nerves.