Hard palate lining contains

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.