Incisive foramen
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Theincisive foramen (also known asnasopalatine foramenoranterior palatine foramen)is the oral opening of the nasopalatine canal. It is located in the maxilla bone in in the incisive fossa, midline in the palate posterior to the central incisiors, at the junction of medial palatine and incisive sutures. It can be single or multiple.
It transmits the greater palatine vesselsartery and vein from the oral to nasal cavity and nasopalatine nerve in the opposite direction.
Radiographic appearance
Radiographically incisive foramina appear as ovoid radiolucency between the roots of central incisors.
Related pathology
Incisive foramen is the potential site for the incisive canal cyst formation.
-<p>The <strong>incisive foramen </strong>(also known as <strong>nasopalatine foramen </strong>or <strong>anterior palatine foramen</strong>)<strong> </strong>is the oral opening of the nasopalatine canal. It is located in the maxilla bone in the incisive fossa, midline in the palate posterior to the central incisiors, at the junction of medial palatine and incisive sutures. It can be single or multiple.</p><p>It transmits the greater palatine vessels from oral to nasal cavity and nasopalatine nerve in the opposite direction. </p><h4>Radiographic appearance</h4><p>Radiographically incisive foramina appear as ovoid radiolucency between the roots of central incisors.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><p>Incisive foramen is the potential site for the <a href="/articles/incisive-canal-cyst">incisive canal cyst</a> formation.</p>- +<p>The <strong>incisive foramen </strong>(also known as <strong>nasopalatine foramen </strong>or <strong>anterior palatine foramen</strong>)<strong> </strong>is the oral opening of the <a title="Nasopalatine canal" href="/articles/incisive-canal">nasopalatine canal</a>. It is located in the <a title="maxilla" href="/articles/maxilla">maxilla</a> in the incisive fossa, midline in the palate posterior to the central incisiors, at the junction of medial palatine and incisive sutures. It can be single or multiple.</p><p>It transmits the <a title="greater palatine artery" href="/articles/greater-palatine-artery">greater palatine artery</a> and vein from the oral to nasal cavity and <a title="Nasopalatine nerve" href="/articles/nasopalatine-nerve">nasopalatine nerve</a> in the opposite direction. </p><h4>Radiographic appearance</h4><p>Radiographically incisive foramina appear as ovoid radiolucency between the roots of central incisors.</p><h4>Related pathology</h4><p>Incisive foramen is the potential site for the <a href="/articles/incisive-canal-cyst">incisive canal cyst</a> formation.</p>
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