Anatomical variation and morphology in the position of the palatine foramina in adult human skulls from Greece

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Piagkou, Maria ^a,c   Xanthos, Theodore ^a   Anagnostopoulou, Sophia ^a   Demesticha, Theano ^b   Kotsiomitis, Evangelos ^a   Piagkos, Giannoulis ^a   Protogerou, Vassilis ^a   Lappas, Dimitrios ^a   Skandalakis, Panayiotis ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greater palatine foramen; Hard palate; Lesser palatine foramen; Skull anatomy; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; GREECE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LAMELLAR BODY; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY NERVE; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE; SKULL; SOFT PALATE;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; ANATOMIC VARIATION; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIAL SUTURES; GREECE; HUMANS; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; PALATE, HARD; SPHENOID BONE;

EID: 84865767905     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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