Infraorbital canal

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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

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