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incisive canal

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Main Entry: incisive canal
Function: noun
: a narrow branched passage that extends from the floor of the nasal cavity to the incisive fossa and transmits the nasopalatinenerve and a branch of the greater palatine artery
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incisive canal n.
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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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