1. either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits; [syn: palatine, palatine bone, os palatinum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
os palatinum
n 1: either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back
of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and
the floor of the orbits [syn: palatine, palatine bone,
os palatinum]