Posterior nasal spine
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| Bone: Posterior nasal spine | |
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| Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged. (Posterior nasal spine labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | s. nasalis posterior ossis palatini |
| Gray's | subject #41 167 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | s_18/12749357 |
Its medial end of the posterior border of the horizontal plate of palatine bone is sharp and pointed, and, when united with that of the opposite bone, forms a projecting process, the posterior nasal spine for the attachment of the Musculus uvulæ.
Additional images
 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
 Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
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