Nasal foramina

Nasal foramina
Right nasal bone. Outer surface.
Details
Identifiers
Latin	foramina nasalia
Dorlands /Elsevier	12373335
TA	A02.1.10.003
FMA	57653
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The nasal foramina are foramina which run through the nasal bones.

References

External links

http://zemlin.shs.uiuc.edu/Skull/slide-Pages/27.htm

The facial skeleton of the skull

Maxilla

Surfaces	Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa) Infraorbital foramen Anterior nasal spine Infratemporal: Alveolar canals Maxillary tuberosity Orbital: Infraorbital groove Infraorbital canal Nasal: Greater palatine canal

Processes	Zygomatic process Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) Alveolar process Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)

Other	Body of maxilla Maxillary sinus

Zygomatic

Palatine

Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid fossa

Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) Perpendicular plate (Greater palatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen)

Processes	Pyramidal Orbital Sphenoidal

Mandible

Body	external surface (Mandibular symphysis, Lingual foramen, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mandibular incisive canal) internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) Alveolar part of mandible

Ramus	Mylohyoid groove (Mandibular canal, Lingula) Mandibular foramen Angle Coronoid process Mandibular notch Condyloid process Pterygoid fovea

Nose

Other

Lacrimal

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