. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE MAXILLJE 105 Anterior palatine canat. Foramina ofStens ^^-^^Fo) amen of Scarpa, Palate proceis uj maxilla K^ V 1 /- line, immediately behind the incisor teeth. This is the anterior palatine fossa. On examining the bottom of this fossa four canals are seen: two branch off laterally to the right and left nasal fossae, and two—one in front and one behind —lie in the middle line. Tlie former pair of these openings are named the incisor foramina, or foramina of Stenson; they are the openings of the forking incisor canal, through which pass the anteri
. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Anatomy. THE MAXILLJE 105 Anterior palatine canat. Foramina ofStens ^^-^^Fo) amen of Scarpa, Palate proceis uj maxilla K^ V 1 /- line, immediately behind the incisor teeth. This is the anterior palatine fossa. On examining the bottom of this fossa four canals are seen: two branch off laterally to the right and left nasal fossae, and two—one in front and one behind —lie in the middle line. Tlie former pair of these openings are named the incisor foramina, or foramina of Stenson; they are the openings of the forking incisor canal, through which pass the anterior or terminal branches of the descending or posterior palatine arteries, which ascend from the mouth to the nasal fossa?, and they contain the remains of Jacobson's organ. The canals in the middle line are termed the foramina of Scarpa, and transmit the nasopalatine nerves, the left passing through the anterior, and the right through the posterior, canal. Occasionally in adults' skulls, often in children's skulls, on the palatal surface of the process a delicate linear suture may sometimes be seen extending from the anterior palatine fossa to the interval between the lateral incisor and the canine tooth. This marks out the premaxillary bones ( incisivwn) on each side, and includes the whole thickness of the alveolus, the correspond- ing part of the floor of the nose, and the anterior nasal spine, and contains the sockets of the incisor teeth; in some animals it exists as a separate bone. The upper surface of the palatal process is concave from side to side, smooth, and forms part of the floor of the nose. It presents the upper orifices of the foramina of Stenson and Scarpa, the former being on each side of the middle line, the latter being situated in the intermaxillary suture, and therefore not visible unless the two bones are placed in apposition. The otder border of the palatal process is incorporated with the rest of the bone. The inner border is thicker in front th
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