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Lesser palatine foramina
Foramina palatina minora
Definition
Opening of lesser palatine canals, behind the posterior palatine foramen on the pyramidal process of the palatine bone
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
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