Infra-orbital_canal

Infraorbital canal

Infraorbital canal

Canal found at the base of the orbit that opens on to the maxilla

Not to be confused with the infraorbital groove and infraorbital foramen, which are on opposite ends of the canal.

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.[1] The infraorbital nerve and infraorbital artery travel through the canal.

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Structure

One of the canals of the orbital surface of the maxilla, the infraorbital canal, opens just below the margin of the orbit, the area of the skull containing the eye and related structures. It should not be confused with the infraorbital foramen, with which it is continuous.[1]

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

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 159 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    Drake, Richard L.; Vogl, Wayne; Tibbitts, Adam W.M. Mitchell; illustrations by Richard; Richardson, Paul (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone. p. 837. ISBN 978-0-8089-2306-0.
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