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It forms a partition between the nasal passages and the mouth. On the anterior portion of the roof of the hard palate are the rugae, irregular ridges in the mucous membrane that help facilitate the movement of food backwards towards the pharynx.This partition is continued deeper into the mouth by a fleshy extension called the soft palate.he hard palate is a thin horizontal bony plate of the skull, located in the roof of the mouth.
The roof of the nasal cavity is formed anteriorly by the nasal bones, the nasal spine of the frontal bone, and the floor of the frontal sinus. In its more horizontal midpart, the roof is formed by the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.part from the nasal vestibule which is lined by stratified squamous epithelium, nasal cavity is lined by pseudostratified columner ciliated epithelium i.e. respiratory epithelium. Each nasal fossa has four walls; roof, floor, septal wall, and lateral wall.