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What serves as the posterior hard palate and the posterior lingual gingiva?
The soft palate serves as the posterior hard palate, while the glossopalatine arch serves as the posterior lingual gingiva.
What would be the cause of a large swollen area on the hard palate?
the nerve. infection of a tooth/nerve, but sometimes just temporary. there is not too much fat/meat/tissue on the bones on the hard palate therefore every small swelling feels enormous.
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 are the bones of the hard palate?
The palatine bone is the posterior bone of 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.
Which nerve and branch provides sensory innervation of the lower gums teeth lips and palate?
The trigeminal nerve (V cranial nerve) is primarily responsible for sensory innervation of the lower gums, teeth, lips, and palate. Specifically, the branches involved in this innervation are the mandibular nerve (V3) for the lower gums and teeth and the maxillary nerve (V2) for the lips and palate.
What extends behind the hard palate?
soft palate
Why does the incomplete development of the hard palate cause nasality?
The hard palate is essential for speech. The hard palate is the area at the top of the mouth between the top teeth. If the hard palate is bad is causes nasality. This is due to the fact that the hard palate plays a big role in eating and in speaking properly with the interaction of the tongue.
Is the roof of the mouth the hard palate or the soft palate?
The palate.
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 is the function of the transvers ridges in the hard palate of the pig?
What is the function of the transverse ridges in the hard palate of the pig
Posterosuperior boundary of the oral cavity?
The posterosuperior boundary of the oral cavity is formed by the hard and soft palate. The hard palate is composed of the palatine processes of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. The soft palate is a muscular extension of the hard palate and separates the oral and nasal cavities.
