PALATINE BONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palatine bone mean? 

• PALATINE BONE (noun)
  The noun PALATINE BONE has 1 sense:

1. either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits

  Familiarity information: PALATINE BONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALATINE BONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

os palatinum; palatine; palatine bone

Hypernyms ("palatine bone" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

 Context examples 

Seven bones contribute to the structure of the orbit: the frontal, maxillary, zygomatic, sphenoid, lacrimal, ethmoid, and palatine bones.

(Murine Orbit, NCI Thesaurus)