English Explanatory Dictionary

alar canal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bony tunnel through the basisphenoid bone of the skull. The maxillary artery and nerve pass through it.

Word forms

alar canal alar canals

Etymology

alar (possibly because it is just lateral wing-like pterygoid bones) + canal

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