Foramina of Stenson

Incisive canals
The bony palate and alveolar arch (incisive canals labeled at upper left)
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Identifiers
Latin	Canales incisivi
Dorlands /Elsevier	c_04/12208639
TA	A02.1.00.061
FMA	59107
Anatomical terms of bone []

In the opening of the incisive foramen, the orifices of two lateral canals are visible; they are named the incisive canals or foramina of Stensen.

Through each of them ascends the terminal branch of the greater palatine artery while the nasopalatine nerve descends, to anastomose with the posterior septal branch of sphenopalatine artery and the greater palatine nerve respectively.

Left maxilla. Nasal surface.

Base of skull. Inferior surface.

Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.

The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)