Anterior palatine foramen


anterior palatine foramen

anterior palatine foramen n.
See lesser palatine foramen.
Historical Examples

Transverse diameter of the palate large; anterior palatine foramen large.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man Robert Gordon Latham

The foramen incisivum (anterior palatine foramen) marks the point at which these elements of the palate unite.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles

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