Greater palatine foramen

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The greater palatine foramen is a relatively large opening that is formed in the hard palate at the level of the third maxillary molar between the palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. It leads into the greater palatine canal that transmits the same named nerves and blood vessels. 

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