Lesser palatine foramina

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Lesser palatine foramina
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Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below. (Lesser palatine foramina labeled at bottom right.)
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Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Lesser palatine foramina visible near top.)
Latin foramina palatina minora
Gray's subject #46 180

Behind the greater palatine foramen is the pyramidal process of the palatine bone, perforated by one or more lesser palatine foramina which carry the lesser palatine nerve, and marked by the commencement of a transverse ridge, for the attachment of the tendinous expansion of the Tensor veli palatini.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

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