greater palatine foramen
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Related to greater palatine foramen: sphenopalatine foramen, greater palatine nerve, Greater palatine canal, mental foramen, greater palatine nerve block
great·er pal·a·tine fo·ra·men
[TA]an opening in the posterolateral corner of the hard palate opposite the last molar tooth, marking the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal.
Synonym(s): foramen palatinum majus [TA], anterior palatine foramen
great·er pal·a·tine for·a·men
(grā'tĕr pal'ă-tīn fōr-ā'mĕn) [TA]An opening in the posterolateral corner of the hard palate opposite the last molar tooth, marking the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal.
great·er pal·a·tine for·a·men
(grā'tĕr pal'ă-tīn fōr-ā'mĕn) [TA]Opening in the posterolateral corner of the hard palate opposite the last molar tooth, marking the lower end of the pterygopalatine canal.
Synonym(s): anterior palatine foramen.
Synonym(s): anterior palatine foramen.