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Posterior nasal spine

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
s_18/12749357

FMA
  
75776

TA
  
A02.1.13.017

Posterior nasal spine

Latin
  
Spina nasalis posterior ossis palatini

The medial end of the posterior border of the horizontal plate of palatine bone is sharp and pointed, and, when united with that of the opposite bone, forms a projecting process, the posterior nasal spine for the attachment of the musculus uvulæ. It serves as a cephalometric landmark.

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Posterior nasal spine Wikipedia