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.

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Bones of head and neck: the facial bones of the skull

Maxilla

Surfaces

Anterior: fossae (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, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)

Other

Body of maxilla - Maxillary sinus

Zygomatic

Orbital process (Zygomatico-orbital) - Temporal process (Zygomaticotemporal) - Lateral process (Zygomaticofacial)

Palatine

Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa - Pterygoid fossa
Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) - Perpendicular plate (Pterygopalatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)
Processes	Orbital - Sphenoidal

Mandible

Body	external surface (Symphysis menti, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen) - internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) - Alveolar part of mandible
Ramus	Mylohyoid groove (Mandibular canal, Lingula) - Mandibular foramen - Angle Coronoid process - Mandibular notch - Condyloid process