page_title: Posterior nasal spine
hierarchical_section_title: Posterior nasal spine
caption_attribution_description: Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity.
context_page_description: The medial end of the posterior border of the horizontal plate of palatine bone is sharp and pointed, and, when united with that of the opposite bone, forms a projecting process, the posterior nasal spine for the attachment of the musculus uvulae. It serves as a cephalometric landmark.
context_section_description: The medial end of the posterior border of the horizontal plate of palatine bone is sharp and pointed, and, when united with that of the opposite bone, forms a projecting process, the posterior nasal spine for the attachment of the musculus uvulae. It serves as a cephalometric landmark.
caption: Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. (Posterior nasal spine labeled at bottom left.)
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