Horizontal plate of palatine bone

Horizontal plate of palatine bone
Left palatine bone. Nasal aspect. Enlarged.
Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged.
Details
Latin	pars horizontalis
Identifiers
TA
TH	{{#property:P1694}}
TE	{{#property:P1693}}
FMA	{{#property:P1402}}
Anatomical terms of bone [[[d:|edit on Wikidata]]]

The horizontal part of the palatine bone (horizontal plate) is quadrilateral, and has two surfaces and four borders.

Surfaces

The superior surface, concave from side to side, forms the back part of the floor of the nasal cavity.

The inferior surface, slightly concave and rough, forms, with the corresponding surface of the opposite bone, the posterior fourth of the hard palate. Near its posterior margin may be seen a more or less marked transverse ridge for the attachment of part of the aponeurosis of the Tensor veli palatini.

Borders

The anterior border is serrated, and articulates with the palatine process of the maxilla.

The posterior border is concave, free, and serves for the attachment of the soft palate. Its medial end is sharp and pointed, and, when united with that of the opposite bone, forms a projecting process, the posterior nasal spine for the attachment of the Musculus uvulæ.

The lateral border is united with the lower margin of the perpendicular part, and is grooved by the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal.

The medial border, the thickest, is serrated for articulation with its fellow of the opposite side; its superior edge is raised into a ridge, which, united with the ridge of the opposite bone, forms the nasal crest for articulation with the posterior part of the lower edge of the vomer.

Additional images

• Gray187.png

  Base of skull. Inferior surface.

• Gray196.png

  Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.

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  Permanent teeth of upper dental arch, seen from below.

• Horizontal plate.jpg

  Horizontal plate

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

File:Gray187.png

Base of skull. Inferior surface.