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perpendicular plate of palatine bone

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per·pen·dic·u·lar plate of pal·a·tine bone

[TA]
the part of the palatine bone that extends vertically upward from the horizontal lamina; it forms part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity.
Synonym(s): lamina perpendicularis ossis palatini [TA]
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