Term Name: palatine prong
Synonyms:
Definition: A process on the palatine that projects outward and upward and articulates with a depression (maxillary saddle) in the proximal end of the maxilla. [Gosline WA et al, 1966; Baldwin, CC and Johnson GD. 1996. Interrelationships of Aulopiformes. Pages 355-404 in MLJ Stiassny, LR Parenti, and DG Johnson, (eds.), Interrelationships of fishes. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.]]
Ontology: [UBERON:4300002]

Relationships
is part of: palatine bone
is a type of: bony projection neural crest-derived structure