Greater palatine foramen
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| Greater palatine foramen | |
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| 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. | |
| Latin | foramen palatinum majus |
| Gray's | subject #46 180 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373477 |
At either posterior angle of the hard palate is the greater palatine foramen, for the transmission of the descending palatine vessels and anterior palatine nerve; and running forward and medialward from it a groove, for the same vessels and nerve.
[edit] 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]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 22:os-0607
- Greater+palatine+foramen at eMedicine Dictionary
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 05287.011-1
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1
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