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palate — [pal′it] n. [ME < L palatum] 1. the roof of the mouth, consisting of a hard, bony forward part (the hard palate) and a soft, fleshy back part (the soft palate, or velum) 2. sense of taste: the palate was incorrectly thought to be the organ of… … English World dictionary
Palate — The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate). * * * The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities. SYN: palatum [TA], roof of mouth, uraniscus. [L. palatum, p … Medical dictionary
palate — palateless, adj. palatelike, adj. /pal it/, n. 1. Anat. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. See diag.… … Universalium
Palate — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = palatum GraySubject = 242 GrayPage = 1112 Caption = Head and neck. Caption2 = Palate exhibiting torus palatinus. Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Palate MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
palate — pal•ate [[t]ˈpæl ɪt[/t]] n. 1) anat. the roof of the mouth in mammals, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior fleshy portion(soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. 2) the sense of taste: a… … From formal English to slang
Palate, hard — The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is just in front of the soft palate … Medical dictionary
palate — The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate) … English dictionary of cancer terms
Hard palate — The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the soft palate. * * * hard palate n the bony anterior part of the palate forming the roof of the mouth * * * palatum durum … Medical dictionary
Hard palate — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = palatum durum GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = Caption = Mouth (oral cavity) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = greater palatine artery Vein = Nerve = greater palatine nerve, nasopalatine nerve Lymph =… … Wikipedia
primary palate — primordial palate the first part of the palate to form in embryonic development, a triangular bony structure formed from the dorsal part of the median palatine process; it represents only a small part of the adult hard palate, that anterior to… … Medical dictionary
