Palatomaxillary suture

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Palatomaxillary suture

Sagittal section of skull.

Articulation of left palatine bone with maxilla.
Latin	sutura palatomaxillaris
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_30/12774132

The palatomaxillary suture is a suture separating the maxilla from the palatine bone.

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Medial wall of left orbit.

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v • d • e Bones of head and neck: cranial sutures, fontanelles, and related regions

Cranial sutures	Cranial: Frontoethmoidal - Frontal or Metopic (Frontal/Frontal) - Coronal (Frontal/Parietal) - Occipitomastoid (Occipital/Temporal) - Lambdoid (Parietal/Temporal) - Sagittal (Parietal/Parietal) - Sphenoethmoidal - Sphenofrontal - Sphenoparietal - Sphenosquamosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) - Sphenopetrosal (Sphenoid/Temporal) -Squamosal (Temporal/Parietal) - Petrosquamous (Temporal/Temporal) Facial: Palatomaxillary suture Cranial-facial: Sphenozygomatic - Zygomaticotemporal - Zygomaticofrontal

Fontanelles	Anterior fontanelle - Posterior fontanelle - Sphenoidal fontanelle - Mastoid fontanelle

Foramina of multiple bones	Inferior orbital fissure - Foramen lacerum - Jugular foramen - Nasolacrimal canal

Fossae	Anterior cranial fossa - Middle cranial fossa - Posterior cranial fossa - Cranial cavity

Other compound structures	Cranial: Asterion - Pterion - Calvaria - Stephanion - Bregma - Lambda Facial: Nasion Cranial-facial: Dacryon - Zygomatic arch - Temporal fossa - Infratemporal fossa - Pterygomaxillary fissure - Pterygopalatine fossa

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