Greater palatine foramen
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| File:Foramen palatinum majus.png
Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below. (Greater palatine foramen labeled at lower right.)
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Base of skull. Inferior surface.
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| Latin | foramen palatinum majus |
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f_12/12373477 |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
| FMA | {{#property:P1402}} |
| Anatomical terminology
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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
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 & 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]
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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- Anatomy photo:22:os-0607 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Anatomy diagram: 05287.011-1 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
- Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
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