answersLogoWhite

0

the hard palate

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is a palatine uvula?

The palate is the roof of mouth and it has two sections: anterior portion or hard palate; and a posterior portion or soft palate. An extension of soft palate is called the uvula. When you look in your throat, look at the back part of the roof and you will see the uvula hanging downwards.


What makes up the superior portion of the oral cavity and the inferior portion fo the nasal cavity?

Hard palate on anterior side and soft palate on posterior side make this partition between the two cavities.


What is Anterior part of hard palate?

palatine


What the is the difference between the hard palate and soft palate?

The hard palate is the bony front portion of the roof of the mouth, while the soft palate is the muscular and flexible back portion. The hard palate is involved in speech production and helps with chewing, while the soft palate helps with swallowing and closing off the nasal passages during swallowing.


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.


Is the uvula located in the anterior portion of the mouth?

No, the uvula is located at the back of the mouth, hanging down from the soft palate. It functions in helping to seal off the nasopharynx during swallowing and speech.


What type of bone is the anterior of the hard palate?

It's the Maxilla or Maxillae.


Which palate forms the roof of th emouth?

The palate that forms the roof of the mouth is divided into two categories namely the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate. The palate is the one that separates nasal and oral cavities.


Posterior bones of the hard plate?

The posterior bones of the hard palate are the palatine bones. They form the back portion of the hard palate in the roof of the mouth and help to create the bony structure that separates the oral and nasal cavities. The palatine bones also contribute to the formation of the orbit of the eye.


What is the bone supported part of the roof of the mouth?

hard palate, under the tongue is soft palate


What is the upper part of the mouth called?

The roof of mouth is called 'Palate'


The makes up the superior portion of the oral cavity and the inferior portion of the nasal cavity?

Palate is the correct answer!