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secondary palate

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The part of the palate formed from the fusion of the two palatine shelves, extensions of the maxillary prominences. [ http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/hnanim/face/face.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_palate ]

Term info

Label

secondary palate

Synonyms
  • definitive palate
  • oral roof
  • palatum definitivum
  • palatum secundarium
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Illu01_head_neck.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Pig_snout_sagittal_cut.jpg

function notes

separates respiratory and oral passages

has broad synonym

palatum, palate

has related synonym

palatum, roof of mouth

id

UBERON:0001716

taxon notes

present in mammals and some reptiles. A similar structure is found in crocodilians, but, in most other tetrapods, the oral and nasal cavities are not truly separate. The secondary palate is formed by bilateral medial extensions of maxillary processes. The extensions (palatine processes) meet at the midline, merging dorsally with nasal septum and rostrally with primary palate. The secondary palate (hard palate) separates nasal and oral cavities. Caudal extension of the secondary palate into the pharynx, forms a soft palate which divides the rostral pharynx into dorsal (nasopharynx) and ventral (oropharynx) chamber.