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PALATE BONES [2 records]

Record 1 2024-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Mouth
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The hard palate comprises the anterior two-thirds of the palate and is an immobile hard bony segment whose underlying bony structure consists of the palatine processes of the maxilla and the horizontal plates of the palatine bones.

OBS

hard palate; palatum durum: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cavité buccale
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Il y a lieu de distinguer le palais dur (2/3 antérieurs) et le palais mou (1/3 postérieur). Le palais dur est formé par l'os palatin (lame horizontale) et par l'os maxillaire (processus palatin).

OBS

palais dur : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

palatum durum : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

In the skull the bony palate, composed a number of small bones, is termed aegithognathous; also found in swifts(Apodiformes), this palatal type is characterized by the shape and type of fusion of the small bones of the palate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

[...] chez les oiseaux [il existe] quatre types principaux de structures palatines [...] [Dans le type aegithognathe] les prévomers ont perdu leur contact avec les ptérygoïdes et, en outre [...] les prévomers forment une large plaque médiane entre les portions palatines des maxillaires.

Spanish

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