HARD PALATE

HARD PALATE ( कठोर तालु )
- boundaries ( किनारे )
  - anterior 2/3 formed ( अग्र )
    - palatine process of maxilla ( ऊर्ध्वहनु का तालु )
  - posterior 1/3 formed by ( पश्च )
    - horizontal plates of palatine bone ( तालु के अनुप्रस्थ पत्तल )
  - anterolateral margins (अग्रपार्श्व )
    - continuous with alveolar arches and gums (
  - posterior margin (पश्च )
    - attachment to soft palate
  - Superior surface ( अधि )
    - floor of nose ( घ्राण का तल )
  - Inferior surface ( अधः )
    - Roof of oral cavity ( मुह का छत )
- arterial supply (
  - greater palatine branch of maxillary artery ( ऊर्ध्वहनु धमनी का तालु शाखा )
- Venous drainage
  - drain in to pterygoid plexus of veins
- Nerves
  - Greater palatine and nasopalatine branches of pterygopalatine ganglion ( महा तालु तंत्रिका और घ्राणतालु )
- Lymphatics
  - Lymphatics drain mostly to the upper deep cervical nodes
  - partly to retropharyngeal nodes