PALATINE BONE


Meaning of PALATINE BONE in English

noun

: either of a pair of bones that are situated behind and between the maxillae and in front of the pterygoids and in man are of an extremely irregular form, each consisting of a horizontal plate which joins the bone of the opposite side and forms the back part of the hard palate and a vertical plate which is extended into three processes and helps to form the floor of the orbit, the outer wall of the nasal cavity, and several adjoining parts

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