- greater palatine foramen
- greater palatine foramen n a foramen in each posterior side of the palate giving passage to the greater palatine artery and to a palatine nerve
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f. palatinum majus.
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greater palatine foramen
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Greater palatine nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = nervus palatinus major, nervus palatinus anterior GraySubject = 200 GrayPage = 893 Caption = The sphenopalatine ganglion and its branches. (Anterior palatine at bottom right) Caption2 = Innervates =… … Wikipedia
Greater palatine artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria palatina major GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = BranchFrom = descending palatine artery BranchTo = Vein = Supplies = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = a 61 DorlandsSuf = 12155346 The … Wikipedia
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foramen palatinum majus — [TA] greater palatine foramen: the inferior opening of the great palatine canal, found laterally on the horizontal plate of each palatine bone opposite the root of each third molar tooth; it transmits a palatine nerve and artery … Medical dictionary
Foramen — A natural opening. Although a foramen is usually through bone, it can be an opening through other types of tissue, as with the foramen ovale. * * * An aperture or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure. SYN: trema (1). [L. an… … Medical dictionary
Palatine bone — Bone: Palatine bone Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below. (Horizontal part of palatine bone visible at bottom.) … Wikipedia
