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Hard palate
A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
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A thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| palatenoun | (figuratively) A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors. |
| palatine bonenoun | (anatomy) Either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae, in humans are of extremely irregular form, and make up parts of the eye socket, the nasal cavity, and the hard palate. |
| soft palatenoun | (anatomy) The soft tissue at the back of the roof of the mouth. |
| palatogenesisnoun | The formation of the palate (roof of the mouth) |
| cleft palatenoun | (teratology) An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined. |
| palatinenoun | A palace official, especially in an imperial palace. |
| cortical platenoun | (anatomy) A layer of compact bone that overlies the spongiosa of the alveolar process on the mandible and maxilla. |
| palaticnoun | (anatomy, linguistics, archaic) palatal; palatine |
| maxillopalatinenoun | (anatomy) That area of the skull. |
| palatine aponeurosisnoun | (anatomy) A thin fibrous lamella attached to the posterior part of the hard palate that supports the soft palate, includes the tendon of the tensor veli palatini, and supports the other muscles of the palate. |
| cribriform platenoun | (anatomy) In the human skull, a sieve-like region of the ethmoid bone (which separates the nasal cavity from the brain). |
| dermopalatinenoun | (anatomy) A bone on the palatine that develops from the skin lining. |
| frontal processnoun | (anatomy) A long plate that is part of the maxilla and contributes to the formation of the lateral part of the nose and of the nasal cavity. |
| parietal bonenoun | (anatomy) Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull. |
| velumnoun | (anatomy) The soft palate. |
| roof of the mouthnoun | The upper internal surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities, found in humans and some other mammals. |
| vomeropalatinenoun | A bone, in the roof of the mouth of some fish and reptiles, formed by the fusion of the vomer and palatine bones |
| parietalnoun | (anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull. |
| palatopharynxnoun | (anatomy) The palate and pharynx considered as a unit |
| squamosal | (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the platelike part of the temporal bone |
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