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As the top of your tongue presses up against the hard palate , the roof of your mouth, food is shoved to the back of the mouth. This action in turn brings the soft palate and ursula (the place at the very back of the mouth where there is a teardrop shape located) into action. They keep the food from being misguided toward the nose.
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∙ 13y agoWell, I don't know about the hard palate, but I know that the soft palate is used in speech. No I'm not sure that they have any part in digestion at all.
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What the is the difference between the hard palate and soft palate?
Hard Palate: The hard palate is supported by the palatine bones and maxillary bones. The hard palate is anterior to the soft palate. Soft Palate: The soft palate is not supported by any bones. The soft palate is posterior to the hard palate. It is made of muscle and it is continuous with the uvula.
Soft palate?
The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hard palate. The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone.
What extends behind the hard palate?
soft palate
A cleft lip is a congenital fissure that involves the upper lip, hard palate, and/or soft palate?
A cleft lip is a congenital fissure that involves the upper lip. A cleft palate involves the hard or soft palate.
What part of the human soft palate is lacking in a pig?
The part of the human soft palate that is lacking in a pig is the uvula. This is the rounded drop of tissues that extends from the soft palate to just behind the hard palate.
What is the medical term meaning palate?
The medical term is Palate. It can be the Hard palate the bony part in front, or the fleshy part called the Soft palate, which lies behind the hard palate.
What differences can you see between the pig's mouth structures and your own and how can you explain these differences?
A pig can not feel it's soft palate with it's tongue, due to the location of the soft palate. A human can feel their hard and soft palate.
What does the hard palate separate?
The palate is defined as the combination of the hard and soft palate. The hard palate, the anterior bony portion, separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
Where is fovea palatine located in the palate?
top of the mouth between the soft and hard palate
What is the bone supported part of the roof of the mouth?
hard palate, under the tongue is soft palate
What are the five organs of articulation?
lips, teeth, hard palate, soft palate, alveolar ridge uvula and glottis
What is the boney overgrowth at the midline of the palate called?
The hard part of the palate is called the hard palate. If you move your tongue to the back and begin feeling a softer part that still feels boney, it's called the velum, or soft palate.
