Alveolar canals

Apertures in the maxilla

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.

Alveolar canals
Left maxilla. Outer surface (alveolar canals labeled at center right)
Details
Identifiers
Latincanales alveolares maxillae
Anatomical terms of bone

References

  This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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