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 ]
Synonyms: palatum secundarium definitive palate oral roof palatum definitivum
Term information
- NCIT:C12229
- BTO:0001779
- Wikipedia:Secondary_palate
- NCIT:C34292
- MESH:D010159
- FMA:54549
- GAID:152
- MA:0002476
- EMAPA:18948
- SCTID:181227004
- galen:Palate
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
Term relations
- roof of mouth
- adjacent to some oral cavity
- develops from some secondary palatal shelf
- part of some upper jaw region
- part of some mouth
- adjacent to some nasal cavity