| 单词 | palatine bone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspalatine bone palatine bone n. Anatomy and Zoology either of a pair of bones in the vertebrate skull which form much of the hard (bony) palate, and in mammals and crocodiles also form part of the floor of the nasal cavity and orbit. ΚΠ 1770 tr. A. E. Büchner Easy Method to enable Deaf Persons to Hear 47 The palatine bones are connected with the os cuneiforme by the pterygoidal processes. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom 173 A narrow canal which traverses the palatine [Fr. les palatins] and sphenoidal bones. 1868 Amer. Naturalist 2 223 They [sc. the Siluroid fishes] had one striking feature in the structure of the jaws..; this was the power of sliding the palatine-bone forward. 1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) vii. 37 The upper jaw-bones (maxillae) and the palatine bones together formed a roof or secondary palate above the nostril openings. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes viii. 113/1 In some groups..elongate dentition is repeated on the palatine or vomerine bones. < as lemmas |
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