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What is the name of the hanging pear-shaped projection of tissue at the border of the soft palate?
The hanging pear-shaped projection of tissue at the border of the soft palate is called the uvula.
The anterior portion of the palate that is supported by bone is called the?
The anterior portion of the palate that is supported by bone is called the hard palate. It is made up of the palatine processes of the maxilla bone and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. It forms the rigid structure in the front part of the roof of the mouth.
What is the upper part of the mouth called?
The roof of mouth is called 'Palate'
What is the palate appendage called in your mouth?
The palate appendage in your mouth is called the uvula. It is a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate and plays a role in speech and swallowing.
Is the roof of the mouth the hard palate or the soft palate?
The palate.
What is hanging in the inside of our mouths?
The little pink thing-a-ma-jiggie hanging down in the back of your throat is NOT called the epiglottis! It is called the uvula and it is part of your soft palate. You can check it out by googling, soft palate for a diagram. :-)
What is the name of the hanging pear-shaped projection of tissue at the border of the soft palate?
The hanging pear-shaped projection of tissue at the border of the soft palate is called the uvula.
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.
The anterior portion of the palate that is supported by bone is called the?
The anterior portion of the palate that is supported by bone is called the hard palate. It is made up of the palatine processes of the maxilla bone and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. It forms the rigid structure in the front part of the roof of the mouth.
What is the upper part of the mouth called?
The roof of mouth is called 'Palate'
What is the punching bag in the back of throat?
The punching bag-like structure at the back of the throat is called the uvula. It is a small, fleshy extension hanging from the soft palate. The uvula helps with speech, swallowing, and keeping food or liquids from entering the nasal passages.
What is the top of inside of the mouth called?
Front is called "hard palate", middle/back is called "soft palate". Or you can just call the whole thing "palate".
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.
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 is the palate appendage called in your mouth?
The palate appendage in your mouth is called the uvula. It is a fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate and plays a role in speech and swallowing.
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.
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.
