incisive canal

noun

A narrow branched passage that extends from the floor of the nasal cavity to the incisive fossa and transmits the nasopalatine nerve and a branch of the greater palatine artery.

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Meanings

nounincisive canal (plural incisive canals)

plural incisive canals

  1. anatomyA narrow branched passage that extends from the floor of the nasal cavity to the incisive fossa and transmits the nasopalatine nerve and a branch of the greater palatine artery.
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