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Hard palate
Mouth (oral cavity)
Upper respiratory system, with hard palate labeled at right
Details
Artery
Greater palatine artery
Nerve
Greater palatine nerve, nasopalatine nerve
Identifiers
Latin
palatum durum
MeSH
D021362
TA98
A05.1.01.103
TA2
2779
FMA
55023
Anatomical terminology
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The hard palate is a thin 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 horizontal plate of palatine bone. The hard palate spans the alveolar arch formed by the alveolar process that holds the upper teeth (when these are developed).
The hardpalate is a thin horizontal bony plate made up of two bones of the facial skeleton, located in the roof of the mouth. The bones are the palatine...
not truly separated. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior, bony hardpalate and the posterior, fleshy soft palate (or velum). The maxillary...
The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hardpalate. The soft palate is distinguished from the hardpalate at the front...
palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hardpalate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined. The soft palate is...
back and opens their mouth for the hard-palate assessment. Visual inspection with a penlight shows a healthy palate as whitish in color, with a firm texture...
the uvula in the throat. Together with the maxilla, they comprise the hardpalate. The palatine bones are situated at the back of the nasal cavity between...
of the upper lip, the maxillary alveolus (dental arch), and the hard or soft palate, in various combinations. The anatomic combinations include: cleft...
many vertebrates. In human embryology, it refers to that portion of the hardpalate that is formed by the growth of the two palatine shelves medially and...
"nasopalatine foramen") is the opening of the incisive canals on the hardpalate immediately behind the incisor teeth. It gives passage to blood vessels...
keratinized stratified squamous epithelium, found on the dorsum of the tongue, hardpalate, and attached gingiva. Specialized mucosa, specifically in the regions...
against the hardpalate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex...
the following locations in humans: Wrinkles of the labia and scrotum Hardpalate immediately behind the upper anterior teeth Inside the urinary bladder...
region and the hardpalate; prevelar (at the back of the hardpalate, also post-palatal or even medio-palatal for the middle of the hardpalate); or postvelar...
palatal tori), is a bony protrusion on the palate. Palatal tori are usually present on the midline of the hardpalate. Most palatal tori are less than 2 cm...
through the incisive canal and then the incisive fossa to enter the hardpalate. It provides sensory innervation to the posteroinferior part of the nasal...
is known as the roof of the mouth, or the hardpalate. The formation and development of the secondary palate occurs through signalling molecules SHH, BMP-2...
consonants, which are at the ridge itself, but not as far back as the hardpalate, the place of articulation for palatal consonants. Examples of postalveolar...
affricate [d͡ʒ] because it is difficult to get the tongue to touch just the hardpalate without also touching the back part of the alveolar ridge. It is also...
surfaces in the mouth – i.e. anywhere except the attached gingiva, the hardpalate and the dorsum of the tongue – although the more severe forms, which...
fusion of two maxillary bones. In humans, the upper jaw includes the hardpalate in the front of the mouth. The two maxillary bones are fused at the intermaxillary...
a branch of the third part of the maxillary artery supplying the hard and soft palate. It descends through the greater palatine canal with the greater...
of which occur more commonly in brachycephalic breeds: an elongated soft palate, stenotic nares, a hypoplastic trachea, and everted laryngeal saccules (a...
retraction of the tongue. It may cause non-fusion of the hardpalate, causing cleft palate. It is one of the features of Pierre Robin sequence and Down...
tongue, either on roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hardpalate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth. The term alveolar...