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PALATINE BONE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palatine bone mean?
• PALATINE BONE (noun)
The noun PALATINE BONE has 1 sense:
1. either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
Familiarity information: PALATINE BONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone
Hypernyms ("palatine bone" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Context examples
Seven bones contribute to the structure of the orbit: the frontal, maxillary, zygomatic, sphenoid, lacrimal, ethmoid, and palatine bones.
(Murine Orbit, NCI Thesaurus)
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