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| Hard palate | |
|---|---|
 Mouth (oral cavity) | |
 Upper respiratory system, with hard palate labeled at right | |
| Details | |
| Artery | Greater palatine artery |
| Nerve | Greater palatine nerve, nasopalatine nerve |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | palatum durum |
| MeSH | D021362 |
| TA98 | A05.1.01.103 |
| TA2 | 2779 |
| FMA | 55023 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate made up of two bones of the facial skeleton, located in the roof of the mouth. The bones are the palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of palatine bone. The hard palate spans the alveolar arch formed by the alveolar process that holds the upper teeth (when these are developed).