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What tonsil is located in the oropharynx at the end of the soft palate?
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palatine tonsils
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Where is the receptors taste are located at?
Most are located on the dorsal surface of the tongue. A few are found on the soft palate, epiglottis, pharynx, and inner surface of the cheeks.
Where does peristalsis end?
Peristalsis ends at the lower esophageal sphincter also known as the cardiac sphincter. This sphincter is located at the junction between the starting of the stomach and the end of the esophagus.
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 are some Diseases of the soft palate?
1. bifid uvula 2. Cleft palate .
What is soft tissue behind uvula?
The uvula is a projection from the soft palate.
What are two small bumps on the back of the tongue in the tonsil area?
The two small bumps at the back of the mouth in the tonsil area are called hamulii. They are not actually on the tongue, they are located in the corners of the soft palate.
What is the protion of the pharynx that extends from the uvula to the epiglottis?
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
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.
What is a uvela?
I think you might mean 'uvula', which is a part of the oropharynx (in the back of the mouth) that hangs down from the roof of the mouth(soft palate). It's important in the articulation of sounds.
What is the word root of Oropharynx?
Or/o - Mouth Pharynx- Throat Open part of the throat beginning in the mouth at the soft palate and continuing until the upper edge of the Epiglottis.
What is the soft palate located on either side of the tonsils?
palatine tonsils
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 located between the palate and esophagus?
Your mouth for the most part. If you lift you tongue so it touches the roof of your mouth you are touching your palate, if you put your hand on your throat and swallow you are feeling what you swallowed going down your esophagus, which ends in your stomach, it is a long tube from mouth to stomach, if you open your mouth you see the entry way.
Where is fovea palatine located in the palate?
top of the mouth between the soft and hard 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 part of the pharynx called superior to the soft palate?
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
What is the part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called?
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
