Palatine

PALATINE

It forms the posterior part of the hard palate, part of the floor and lateral wall of the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbit.

It is formed by a vertical and a horizontal part and has 3 processes: pyramidal, orbital and sphenoid.

It has two faces and three borders:

Nasal Face & #8211; forms the floor of the nasal cavity

Lower Face (Palatine) & #8211; forms part of the hard palate

Anterior Edge & #8211; articulates with the jaw

Back Edge & #8211; serves as insertion of soft palate and uvula

Medial Edge & #8211; articulates with the palatal bone on the opposite side

It has two faces and four borders:

Nasal Face & #8211; articulates with the inferior and middle nasal concha

Jaw Face & #8211; articulates with the jaw

Anterior Edge & #8211; it's thin and bumpy

Back Edge & #8211; articulates with the sphenoid bone

Top Edge & #8211; articulates with sphenoid bone body

Bottom Edge

Pyramidal Process & #8211; articulates with the jaw

Orbital Process & #8211; articulates with the jaw, sphenoid, ethmoid. Form part of orbit floor

Sphenoidal Process & #8211; articulates with the sphenoid bone

THE Palatine hinges with 6 bones: Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Vomer, Jaw, Lower Nasal Shell and Palatine bone on the opposite side.

PALATINO & #8211; BACK VIEW

Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21st. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000.

PALATINO & #8211; SIDE VIEW

Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21st. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000.

PALATINE (Grey) ASSOCIATED WITH FACE BONES

Source: SOBOTTA, Johannes. Atlas of Human Anatomy. 21st. Rio de Janeiro: Guanabara Koogan, 2000.

Face Skeleton
Fourteen (14) bones

Jaw (01)
Voer (01)
Zygomatic (02)
Jaw (02)
Nasal (02)
Lacrimal (02)
Lower Nasal Shell (02)