The palatine raphe (or median raphe) is a raphe running across the palate, from the palatine uvula to the incisive papilla.
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| Face/Occiput | Forehead • Eye (Orbit/Periorbita) • Ear • Temple • Cheek • Chin • Scalp |
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| Nose | |
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| Mouth/oral cavity |
| Palate/roof of mouth |
Hard palate • Soft palate • Palatine raphe • Incisive papilla |
| Tongue |
dorsum (Taste bud, Median sulcus, Terminal sulcus, Foramen cecum, Lingual tonsils) • opposite dorsum (Frenulum, Plica fimbriata, Sublingual caruncle) • Anterior • Posterior • Glossoepiglottic folds |
| Teeth |
Permanent (Incisor, Canine, Premolar, Molar) • Deciduous |
| Oro-pharynx |
arches/fauces (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal) • Oropharyngeal isthmus • Palatine tonsil • Uvula |
| Salivary glands |
Parotid gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct |
| Other |
Lip (Upper, Lower) • Philtrum • Pterygomandibular raphe • Vestibule of mouth |
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| Fascia | Masseteric fascia - Temporal fascia - Galea aponeurotica |
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