Greater palatine foramen
Greater palatine foramen | |
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![]() Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below. (Greater palatine foramen labeled at lower right.) | |
![]() Base of skull. Inferior surface. | |
Details | |
Identifiers | |
Latin | foramen palatinum majus |
TA98 | A02.1.00.058 |
TA2 | 463 |
FMA | 53173 |
Anatomical terminology |
At either posterior angle of the hard palate is the greater palatine foramen, for the transmission of the descending palatine vessels and greater palatine nerve; and running anteriorly (forward) and medially (towards the center-line) from it is a groove, for the same vessels and nerve.
Variations[]
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Greater palatine foramen
The greater palatine foramen (GPF) is related to the upper 3rd molar tooth in most of the skulls (55%), 2nd molar in (12%), between the 2nd and 3rd molar in (19%) and retromolar in (14%). The shape of the foramen is elongated antero-posteriorly; however, an unusually crescent shaped foramen is rare.[1]
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References[]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 180 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ Akram Abood Jaffar. "Anatomical variations – Greater palatine foramen". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
External links[]
- Anatomy photo:22:os-0607 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- "Anatomy diagram: 05287.011-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-04-22.
- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- Bones of the head and neck
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