Infraorbital canal

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Bone: Infraorbital canal
Latin	canalis infraorbitalis
Gray's	subject #38 159
Dorlands/Elsevier	c_04/12208651

One of the canals of the orbital surface of the maxilla, the infraorbital canal, opens just below the margin of the orbit.

[edit] See also

• Infraorbital foramen

[edit] External links

• Description at uams.edu

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.

v·d·e Bones of head and neck: the face
maxilla	Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus - surfaces of body Anterior (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, Premaxilla, Anterior nasal spine)
lacrimal	Posterior lacrimal crest - Lacrimal groove
zygomatic	Orbital process - foramina (Zygomaticofacial, Zygomaticotemporal, Zygomaticoörbital)
palatine	Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process) processes (Orbital - Sphenoidal)
mandible	body (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mental spine, Mylohyoid line) ramus (Mandibular foramen, Mylohyoid groove, Mandibular canal, Angle, Coronoid process, Condyloid process, Mandibular notch)
others	nasal bone - inferior nasal conchae (ethmoidal process, maxillary process) - vomer

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