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palatine bone

DEFINITIONS OF: palatine bone

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n either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits

Synonyms:
os palatinum, palatine
Type of:
bone, os
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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