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The hard palate is made up the palantine processes of the the maxillae (paired bones)--3/4 of the hard palate--and the horizontal plate of the palantine bone--the remaining 1/4. So I guess that makes 3 bones?
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What the is the difference between the hard palate and soft palate?
Hard Palate: The hard palate is supported by the palatine bones and maxillary bones. The hard palate is anterior to the soft palate. Soft Palate: The soft palate is not supported by any bones. The soft palate is posterior to the hard palate. It is made of muscle and it is continuous with the uvula.
What is the hard palate formed by?
the hard palate is located at the back of the mouth .
What are the bones of the hard palate?
The palatine bone is the posterior bone of the hard palate.
What is the medical term meaning palate?
The medical term is Palate. It can be the Hard palate the bony part in front, or the fleshy part called the Soft palate, which lies behind the hard palate.
What extends behind the hard palate?
soft palate
Why does the incomplete development of the hard palate cause nasality?
The hard palate is essential for speech. The hard palate is the area at the top of the mouth between the top teeth. If the hard palate is bad is causes nasality. This is due to the fact that the hard palate plays a big role in eating and in speaking properly with the interaction of the tongue.
Is the roof of the mouth the hard palate or the soft palate?
The palate.
What does the hard palate separate?
The palate is defined as the combination of the hard and soft palate. The hard palate, the anterior bony portion, separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
Soft palate?
The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. 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 of the mouth in that it does not contain bone.
Posterior bones of the hard plate?
The anterior part of the Hard Palate is the Maxilla.The Posterior part of the Hard Palate is the Palatine.
What is the function of the transvers ridges in the hard palate of the pig?
What is the function of the transverse ridges in the hard palate of the pig
The anterior portion of the palate that is supported by bone is called the?
the hard palate
