See Also: palatine surface of horizontal plate of palatine bone(medicine)
palatine bone(medicine)
crest of palatine bone(medicine)
perpendicular plate of palatine bone(medicine)
horizontal plate of palatine bone(medicine)
conchal crest of palatine bone(medicine)
nasal surface of palatine bone(medicine)
sphenoid process of palatine bone(medicine)
ethmoidal crest of palatine bone(medicine)
maxillary surface of palatine bone(medicine)

palatine bone (medicine)


palatine bone


An irregularly shaped bone posterior to the maxilla, which enters into the formation of the nasal cavity, the orbit, and the hard palate; it articulates with the maxilla, inferior nasal concha, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones, the vomer and its fellow of the opposite side.

Synonym: os palatinum.