palato-

1. a combining form representing palate in compound words:

   palatogram.

Example Sentences

The actual bone of the upper jaw (maxillary) develops outside and separate from the palato-pterygoid bar.

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The palatine, pterygoid and quadrate bones are the ossified representatives of the palato-pterygo-quadrate bar of the Dogfish.

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The palato-pterygo-quadrate bar has a very curious shape and is quite separate from the cranium.

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The upper tooth structures are attached respectively to the ethmoid or vomerine region of the skull, and to the palato-pterygoids.

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The palato-pterygo-quadrate bar is fixed to the cranium, and to it the mandible articulates.

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