It is the uvula.
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Uvula
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
the uvula
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.
The palate.
The roof of mouth is called 'Palate'
Uvula
The uvula is a projection from 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.
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
A useless fleshy mass of tissueThe useless conical thingy hanging down from your soft palate is the uvula. ANSWERI might add that it is 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 it also stimulates the gag reflex
The part of the pharynx superior to the soft palate is called the nasopharynx. Cone shaped projection of a soft palate is a uvula.
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. :-)
the 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 roof of the mouth., Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste., Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste., A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon., To perceive by the taste.
The roof of the mouth., Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste., Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste., A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon., To perceive by the taste.
This would be the uvula, and is primarily a human tissue structure.