In anatomy, a canal (or canalis in Latin) is a tubular passage or channel which connect different regions of the body.
Examples include:
- Head/Skull
- Infraorbital canal
- Alveolar canals
- Palatovaginal canal
- Greater palatine canal
- Incisive canals
- Mandibular canal
- Pterygoid canal
- Semicircular canal
- Pelvis, abdomen and thigh
- Adductor canal
- Femoral canal
- Inguinal canal
- Pudendal canal
- Obturator canal
- Anal canal
- Other
- Spinal canal
Famous quotes containing the word canal:
“My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)