uvula

(yū'vyə-lə)
n.
A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin ūvula, swollen uvula, diminutive of Latin ūva, grape, swollen uvula.]

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The pendular downward projection from the middle of the soft palate which helps to close off the back of the nasal cavity above it, during the complex movements of swallowing.

— Stuart Judge

IN BRIEF: Small, conical, fleshy projections suspended from the soft palate over the root of the tongue.

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Pl. uvulae [L.] a small median prolongation of the soft palate occurring in humans and pigs.

• u. of bladder — a rounded elevation at the neck of the bladder, formed by convergence of muscle fibers terminating in the urethra. Called also uvula vesicae.
• u. cerebelli — a lobule that is the posterior limit of the fourth ventricle of the brain. Called also uvula vermis.
• palatine u., u. palatina — the small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue.
• u. vermis — the part of the vermis of the cerebellum between the pyramid and nodule.
• u. vesicae — uvula of bladder.

(yōō′vyōōlə)
n

A general term indicating a pendent fleshy mass.

For a list of words related to uvula, see:

• Mouth and Teeth - uvula: pendent fleshy lobe in middle posterior of palate

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - drøbel

Nederlands (Dutch)
(van de) huig, aanhangsel

Français (French)
n. - luette

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zäpfchen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) σταφυλή, κιονίς

Italiano (Italian)
ugola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - úvula (f) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
язычок

Español (Spanish)
n. - úvula, campanilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gomspene, tungspene, uvula

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
悬雍垂, 小舌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懸雍垂, 小舌

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 목젖

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 口蓋垂, のどちんこ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) لهاة الحلق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮להאה או ענבל (לשונית התלויה בקצה החך מעל לגרון), לשונית במוח הקטן‬

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