can a'lis

[L.] canal or channel. between the tendon of origin of the vast us medial is and the insertions of the adductor brevis, adductor long us, and adductor magnus, converted into a canal by the overlying sartorius; in it run the femoral ve els. dental canals; canals in the body of the maxilla which transmit nerves and ve els to the molar teeth. vomerine canal, an occasional opening between the vaginal proce of the sphenoid and the ala of the vomer on either side. the inferior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone upward, inwSrd, and forward to the apex where it opens into the foramen lacerum; it transmits the internal carotid artery and a plexus of sympathetic nerve fibers. obliterated in the adult, running axially through the gray commi ure of the spinal cord, the remains of the embryonic medullary cavity. leading from the aqueduct of Fallopius to the tympanum, through which the chorda tympani nerve enters this cavity. condyloid foramen of the occipital bone. middle dental canals pa from the infraorbital canal to the alveoli conveying ve els and nerves to the incisor and bicuspid teeth; the posterior dental canals pierce the posterior surface of the body of the maxilla and convey ve els and nerves to the molar teeth; the pius, a canal from the superior surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone to the under surface at the stylo mastoid foramen, curving over the cavity of the tympanum; it gives pa age to the facial nerve.