Skeletal system
Palatine bone
Os palatinum
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Bones of cranium
DescriptionUnreviewed
In anatomy, the palatine bones are two irregular bones of the facial skeleton in many animal species, located above the uvula in the throat.
Together with the maxillae, they comprise the hard palate. (Palate is derived from the Latin palatum.)
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Names
- Latin
- Os palatinum
- English
- Palatine bone
- French
- Os palatin
- Spanish
- Hueso palatino
- Portuguese
- Osso palatino