facial bones: palatine bones

palatine bones

small L shaped bones

horizontal plates

posterior part of hard palate, articulate with the maxillae

perpendicular plates

vertical portion of the “L” shape of the bone

the perpendicular plates are ___ part of the lateral walls of the nasal cav (+ small part of the orbits)

posterior

what is the ridge on the medial surface that acrticulates with the inferior nasal concha?

conchal crest

what is the ridge on the medial surface that articulates with the middle nasal concha of the ethmoid

ethmoidal crest

a that forms where the palatine bones interconnect, articulating with the vomer

nasal crest