A foramen of the skull found at either posterior angle of the hard palate behind the greater palatine foramen. One or more lesser palatine foramina perforate the pyramidal process of the palatine bone and carry the lesser palatine nerve. [ WikipediaVersioned:Lesser_palatine_foramina&oldid=870872639 FMA:53167 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2825-0621 ]