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.
Infraorbital canal
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canalis infraorbitalis
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A02.1.12.004
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Anatomical terms of bone
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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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The infraorbitalcanal 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...
through the orbit, then enters and traverses the infraorbitalcanal, exiting the canal at the infraorbital foramen to reach the face. It provides sensory...
forward on the floor of the orbit, at first in the infraorbital groove and then in the infraorbitalcanal remaining outside the periosteum of the orbit. It...
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from the infraorbital margin. Forming the exterior end of the infraorbitalcanal, the infraorbital foramen communicates with the infraorbital groove, the...
with the infraorbital nerve first along the infraorbital groove and then the infraorbitalcanal. It exits the orbit (with the infraorbital nerve) through...
artery and vein pass. The proximal opening of the canal occurs near the mid-point of the infraorbitalcanal.: 616 From its proximal opening, the canalis...
the infraorbitalcanal. Unlike all other rodents who have the opening of the infraorbitalcanal facing forward, geomyoids have an infraorbitalcanal that...
Traditionally, the term has been defined on the basis of the shape of the infraorbitalcanal. A sciuromorphous zygomasseteric system is characterized by attachment...
constriction", and an "absence of an anterior bulge overhanging the infraorbitalcanal". Its size is thought to be on par with that of the clouded leopard...
the infraorbital artery and the infraorbital nerve, it passes posteriorly through the infraorbital foramen, infraorbitalcanal, and infraorbital groove...
is to act as the passage of the infraorbital artery, the infraorbital vein, and the infraorbital nerve. The infraorbital groove begins at the middle of...
anterior, posterior, medial Features of the maxilla include: the infraorbital sulcus, canal, and foramen the maxillary sinus the incisive foramen Each maxilla...
infraorbitalcanal ovoid shape and does not extend ventrally to the roof of the palate, zygomatic plate absent or much reduced, nasolacrimal canal inside...
floor of the orbit. It is traversed by infraorbital nerves and vessels.[citation needed] The infraorbitalcanal forms a ridge at the junction of the roof...
nasal cavity. It branches from the infraorbital nerve within the infraorbitalcanal at around the midpoint of this canal and enters the canalis sinuosus...
zygomaticomaxillary suture), the zygomatic arch, and the orbital floor near the infraorbitalcanal. On physical exam, the fracture appears as a loss of cheek projection...
and non-platacanthomyid muroids), by the distinct shape of their infraorbitalcanal and by the presence of multiple openings in the palate of the skull...
Cranium of a capybara showing the enlarged infraorbitalcanal present in most members of the Hystricomorpha: This condition is termed hystricomorphy....
layers of osteoblasts and osteocytes around a central canal called the osteonic canal. Volkmann's canals at right angles connect the osteons together. The...
Africa. These animals have a sharp lower point to their V-shaped infraorbitalcanal. Their molars are intermediate between the ancestral cricetid style...
(outside) component, by an incomplete bone wall that carries the infraorbitalcanal containing nerves and blood vessels. The close proximity to the tooth...
species belongs to the Lutrinae because of its possession of a large infraorbitalcanal and ventral expansion of the mastoid process, among other traits....
group rodents into three suborders on the basis of the shape of the infraorbitalcanal. According to this taxonomy the rodents are divided into the suborders...
posterior. Pit lines well developed below eye (extending as lines below infraorbitalcanal as well as some areas between lines) and on posteroventral side of...
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