The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate made up of two bones of the facial skeleton, located in the roof of the mouth. The bones are the palatine...

not truly separated. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior, bony hard palate and the posterior, fleshy soft palate (or velum). The maxillary...

The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hard palate. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front...

palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined. The soft palate is...

of the upper lip, the maxillary alveolus (dental arch), and the hard or soft palate, in various combinations. The anatomic combinations include: cleft...

the uvula in the throat. Together with the maxilla, they comprise the hard palate. The palatine bones are situated at the back of the nasal cavity between...

"nasopalatine foramen") is the opening of the incisive canals on the hard palate immediately behind the incisor teeth. It gives passage to blood vessels...

US also /-lɪ-/) or palatization is a way of pronouncing a consonant in which part of the tongue is moved close to the hard palate. Consonants pronounced...

keratinized stratified squamous epithelium, found on the dorsum of the tongue, hard palate, and attached gingiva. Specialized mucosa, specifically in the regions...

the following locations in humans: Wrinkles of the labia and scrotum Hard palate immediately behind the upper anterior teeth Inside the urinary bladder...