alar canal

English

Etymology

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

Noun

alar canal (plural alar canals)

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