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Osteology

Hard palate, inferior surface

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Osteology
Hard palate, inferior surface
Note the presence of a third molar tooth (9) on the right only. This tooth is incompletely erupted and shows no signs of wear on its occlusal surface whereas the remaining teet are considerably worn. The posterior tips of the conchae are visible through the choanae, and a part of the cribriform plate appears in the roof of the nasal fossa.
  1. Medial incisor
  2. Lateral incisor
  3. Canine
  4. First premolar
  5. Second pre-molar
  6. First molar
  7. Second molar
  8. Upper pointer: Palatine sulcus Lower pointer: Greater palatine foramen
  9. Third molar (serotinus)
  10. Inferior orbital fissure
  11. Greater wing of sphenoid
  12. Suture between pyramidal process of palate bone and pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
  13. Lateral plate of pterygoid process
  14. Medial plate of pterygoid process
  15. Sphenoid process palatine bone
  16. Incisive foramen
  17. Palatine process of maxilla
  18. Median palatine suture
  19. Alveolar process of maxilla
  20. Zygomatic process of maxilla
  21. Transverse palatine suture
  22. Upper pointer: Horizontal plate palatine bone Lower pointer: Median palatine suture
  23. Pyramidal process palatine bone
  24. Pterygoid hamulus
  25. Inferior nasal concha
  26. Middle nasal concha
  27. Vomer