palate; roof of mouth

Function

• separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity

More general terms

• organ structure

More specific terms

• aponeurosis of tensor veli palatini (aponeurotic palate)
• greater palatine foramen
• incisive fossa
• incisive/incisor canal
• incisive/palatine papilla
• lesser palatine canal (canal for lesser palatine nerve)
• lesser/posterior palatine foramen
• nasal choanae (posterior nares, postnaris, posterior nasal apertures)
• palatine raphe/ridge
• pharyngeal vault/fornix (vault of pharynx)
• pterygopalatine/greater palatine canal

Component of

• mouth (oral cavity)

Components

• posterior septal arteries
• palatine gland
• hard palate
• soft palate