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palate; roof of mouth
Function:
- separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity
Specific
aponeurosis of tensor veli palatini (aponeurotic palate)
greater palatine foramen
incisive fossa
incisive/incisor canal
incisive/palatine papilla
lesser palatine canal (canal for lesser palatine nerve)
lesser/posterior palatine foramen
nasal choanae (posterior nares, postnaris, posterior nasal apertures)
palatine raphe/ridge
pharyngeal vault/fornix (vault of pharynx)
pterygopalatine/greater palatine canal
General
organ structure
References
- Wikipedia: Palate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palate
Component-of
mouth (oral cavity)
Components
hard palate
palatine gland
posterior septal arteries
soft palate
Images
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