Corpus: Incisive canal

The canalis incisivus is a small, paired bony canal in the region of the anterior palate that connects the nasal cavity with the oral cavity. Its oral opening is the incisive foramen. It is located between the incisive bone and the maxillary palatine process.

The nasopalatine nerve, the terminal branch of the descending palatine artery and the sphenopalatine artery, which anastomose here, pass through the incisive canal.