Tags: Anatomical Structure.

Mucoperiosteum is a compound structure consisting of mucous membrane and of periosteum. It includes epithelium and lamina propria but attaches directly to the periosteum of underlying bone without the usual submucosa. It can be found in the midline of the hard palate the palatine raphe among other places.

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