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Definition of Palatine bones

Palatine bones
Palatine Pal"a*tine, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

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- In anatomy, the palatine bones (/ˈpælətaɪn/; derived from the Latin palatum) are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species, located...
- the hard palate, the horizontal plate of the palatine bone making up the rest. It is the most important bone in the midface. It provides structural support...
- fourteen bones in the face: Inferior turbinal (2) Lacrimal bones (2) Mandible Maxilla (2) Nasal bones (2) Palatine bones (2) Vomer Zygomatic bones (2) Elements...
- facial bones of the skull. It is located in the midsagittal line, and articulates with the sphenoid, the ethmoid, the left and right palatine bones, and...
- greater palatine foramen is, along with the lesser palatine foramen, one of two foramina (holes) in each of the left and right palatine bones which form...
- pterygopalatine fossa. It goes through the maxilla and palatine bones to reach the palate, ending at the greater palatine foramen. From this canal, accessory canals...
- as facial) Facial bones (15) Nasal bones (2) Maxilla (upper jaw) (2) Lacrimal bone (2) Zygomatic bone (ch**** bones) (2) Palatine bone (2) Inferior nasal...
- bone that projects from the maxilla and the palatine bones, and is the length of the septum. This strip of bone is called the maxillary crest; it articulates...
- horizontal bony plate made up of two bones of the facial skeleton, located in the roof of the mouth. The bones are the palatine process of the maxilla and the...
- The pyramidal process of the palatine bone projects backward and lateralward from the junction of the horizontal and vertical parts, and is received into...