palatine

The palatine tonsils are on the sides of the throat, and there are also lingual tonsils on the back of the tongue.

The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine.

Morphological features also came into play, as scale rows, fin rays and sensory pores were counted and the presence or absence of tiny teeth on the upper jaw called palatine teeth were noted.

It came to the notice of the elector palatine Friedrich III., who had it translated into German and published.

The anterior spine of the palatine approaches the posterior projection of the premaxillae more closely as age increases and, in the oldest vole is firmly attached and forms a complete partition separating the incisive foramina.