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Sphenopalatine foramen

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Knowledge articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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The sphenopalatine foramen is situated posterior to the middle nasal meatus
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Medial wall of left orbit. (Sphenopalatine foramen labeled in upper right.)
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at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (
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palatine bone
Latin
TA98
A02.1.00.097
TA2
502
FMA
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Anatomical terms of bone
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foramen
nasal cavity
pterygopalatine fossa
sphenopalatine artery
nasopalatine nerve
superior nasal nerve
palatine bone
sphenoid
orbital process of palatine bone
sphenoidal process of palatine bone
sphenoid bone
perpendicular plate of palatine bone
landmark
Articulation of left palatine bone with maxilla.
Left palatine bone. Nasal aspect. Enlarged.


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