Hard palate lining contains: (A) Keratinized mucosa, absent submucosal layer, minor salivary glands, (B) Keratinized mucosa, submucosal layer, minor salivary glands, (C) Non-keratinized mucosa, submucosal layer, minor salivary glands, (D) Non-keratinized mucosa, absent submucosal layer, minor salivary glands
Answer is B. Palate -Roof of oral cavity Hard palate anteriorly Soft palate posteriorly Hard Palate Anterior fatty zone Posterior glandular zone may have some salivary gland Submucosa - absent in midline raphe of hard palate and gingiva. Palate is covered by a thick oho- keratinised stratified squamous epithelium suppoed densely by collagenous lamina propria Mucosa of the hard palate is bound to underlying bone by relatively dense submucosal tissue with a few accessory salivary glands.