Items tagged “palate”
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Necrotizing sialometaplasia
Necrotizing sialometaplasia is a benign inflammatory condition of the salivary gland remnants or elements, which is usually self-limiting. It is most commonly found on the palate.
Epidemiology
Most patients are more than 40 years of age, with a male: female ratio of 2:1. It is rarely seen in...
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Hard palate
The hard palate is the anterior horizontal bony part of the palate that forms the roof of the oral cavity and floor of the nasal cavity. Most of the hard palate is formed by the palatine processes of the maxillae, the horizontal plates of the palatine bones complete it posteriorly. On its inferi...
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Uvula
The uvula is a small, conical, pendulous process projected inferiorly from the midline posterior margin of the soft palate. It is primarily formed from the insertions of the two muscles of the uvula and their covering mucosa.
Summary
location: posterior midline soft palate
blood supply: from ...