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What are the two tiny holes on the roof on my mouth/ palate called/ caused by? they are simetrical and i've had them all my life.
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Fovea Palatinae: They appear as small depressed points at the junction between the soft and hard palate just off off the midline and are the ductal openings and recipients of distributaries of ducts of the surrounding clusters of mucous glands.
Answered 2/8/2021
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