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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

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Term:transverse palatine fold
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Definition:Any of the the series of transverse folds (ridges) of the mucosa located on the anterior third part of the secondary (hard) palate of most mammalian species.
Comment:[structure-note] "rugae are present on each side of the median palatal raphe and behind the incisive papillae, but their number and arrangement are species specific; together with the teeth and the tongue, rugae take part in mastication by helping to sense, hold and mash the food; rugae harbor various types of intraepithelial sensory structures (such as Merckel cells, corpuscular endings and free nerve endings), and play a sensory role when the food is pressed by the tongue against the hard palate[MP]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: hard palate palatal rugae;   hard palate ruga;   impressiones rugales;   palatal rugae;   palatine fold;   palatine rugae;   plica palatina transversa;   plicae palatinae transversae;   ruga of palate;   ruga palatina;   rugae of palate;   rugae palatinae;   transverse palatine folds;   transverse palatine folds set;   transverse palatine ridge
 related_synonym: set of transverse palatine folds
 xref: EMAPA:35638;   FMA:75652



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              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  epiblast (generic) 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
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                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  neural groove 0
                                    neural fold 0
                                      neural crest 0
                                        neural crest-derived structure 0
                                          facial skeleton 0
                                            jaw skeleton 0
                                              skeleton of upper jaw 0
                                                secondary palatal shelf 0
                                                  secondary palate 0
                                                    hard palate 0
                                                      mucosa of hard palate 0
                                                        transverse palatine fold 0
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