Behind the greater palatine foramen is the pyramidal process of the palatine bone perforated by one or more lesser palatine foramina which carry the lesser palatine nerve and marked by […]
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Greater palatine foramen
At either posterior angle of the hard palate is the greater palatine foramen for the transmission of the descending palatine vessels and greater palatine nerve; and running anteriorly (forward) and […]
Ascending palatine artery
The ascending palatine artery is an artery in the head that branches off the facial artery and runs up the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle.
INAH 3
INAH-3 is the short form for the third interstitial nucleus of the anterior hypothalamus and is the sexually dimorphic nucleus of humans. The INAH-3 is significantly larger in males than […]
Greater palatine artery
The greater palatine artery is a terminal branch of the maxillary artery supplying blood to the hard palate and nasal septum.
Lingual veins
The lingual veins begin on the dorsum sides and under surface of the tongue and passing backward along the course of the lingual artery end in the internal jugular vein.
Sphenopalatine artery
The sphenopalatine artery (nasopalatine artery) is an artery of the head commonly known as the artery of epistaxis.
Sphenopalatine foramen
The sphenopalatine foramen is a foramen in the skull that connects the nasal cavity with the pterygopalatine fossa.
Incisive foramen
In the human oral cavity the incisive foramen also called anterior palatine foramen is a funnel-shaped opening in the bone of the oral hard palate immediately behind the incisor teeth […]
Incisive canals
In the opening of the incisive foramen the orifices of two lateral canals are visible; they are named the incisive canals or foramina of Stensen.Through each of them descends the […]