Alveolar canals

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Bone: Alveolar canals
Left maxilla. Outer surface. (Alveolar canals labeled at center right.)
Latin canales alveolares maxillae
Gray's subject #38 158
Dorlands/Elsevier c_04/12208530

The infratemporal surface of the maxilla is pierced about its center by the apertures of the alveolar canals, which transmit the posterior superior alveolar vessels and nerves.

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