Term Name: | incisive canal |
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Definition: | One of several bony canals leading from the floor of the nasal cavity into the incisive fossa on the palatal surface of the maxilla; they convey the nasopalatine nerves and branches of the greater palatine arteries that anastomose with the septal branch of the sphenopalatine artery. |
Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0006672] |