The back of the roof of the mouth
Palatine bones · os palatinum
Two L-shaped bones forming the back of the hard palate and part of the nasal cavity.
What it does
The palatine bones complete the back part of the hard palate, the bony roof of your mouth, behind the upper jaw. Their upright plates also form part of the side walls of the nasal cavity. The soft palate hangs from their back edge.
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