Lesser palatine foramina
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| Lesser palatine foramina | |
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| Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below. (Lesser palatine foramina labeled at bottom right.) | |
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| Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Lesser palatine foramina visible near top.) | |
| Latin | foramina palatina minora |
| Gray's | subject #46 180 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373485 |
Behind the posterior palatine foramen is the pyramidal process of the palatine bone, perforated by one or more lesser palatine foramina, and marked by the commencement of a transverse ridge, for the attachment of the tendinous expansion of the Tensor veli palatini.
See also
External links
- SUNY Labs 22:os-0608
- Lesser+palatine+foramina at eMedicine Dictionary
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