Question

function of hard palate

Answer 1

it forms a partition between the nasal passages and the mouth. On the anterior portion of the roof of the hard palate are the plicae, irregular ridges in the mucous membrane that help facilitate the movement of food backwards towards the larynx.the hard palate separates the oral and nasal cavities, bordering the oral cavity superiorly and forming the roof of the mouth, and the nasal cavity inferiorly, forming its floor. Its bony structure is comprised of three cranial bones, the maxilla and the paired palatine bones.