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What makes the uvula drop?
Paralysis of cranial nerve ten causes uvula palsy. Uvula deviates to the opposite side.
Can a Uvula grow back?
Your uvula is not supposed to grow back once it has been removed.
Is there a high risk of death during a Uvula removal and tonsillectomy's in adults 60 years old or older?
Health surgery
What is another name for uvula?
"Palatine Uvula", because of its location in the mouth.
Is it possible to live without a uvula?
Yes, it is possible to live without a uvula. The uvula plays a limited role in speaking and swallowing, so its removal through surgery typically does not have a significant impact on a person's overall health.
What part of your throat makes you sick?
uvula makes you throw up, tonsils make you get strep throat because the bacteria incubate there
What body parts start with U?
Uvula - the small flap in the back of your throat
Can the uvula get infected?
Yes actually, i actually have a infected uvula right now! i went to the doctor and all they did was give me antibiotics. And its not as much the uvula but the throat infection spreading to the uvula.
Can the end of the uvula make you snore?
The piece of tissue that hangs from the back of the throat is called the uvula. Individuals with a large or longer than average uvula can suffer from snoring when the uvula vibrates in the airway.
What is the part of the throat that hangs down?
That is called the uvula. There are many theories why we have one but no one is really sure.
What is the thing in the back of your mouth?
It is called your Uvula (or palatine uvula) and is connective tissue. It has no real function although some believe it helps with articulation of sound.The uvula is a muscle (muscularis uvulae) covered by mucosa. The uvula serves the function of closing the nasopharynx while swallowing so that food and liquid does not go into your nose when swallowing. However, most people do not need the entire uvula to perform this function. It is commonly removed in surgery performed for snoring or obstructive sleep apnea without causing nasopharyngeal regurgitation. It does indeed help with resonance of sound, but not with articulation.
What type of surgery is performed to treat sleep apnea?
It all depends on what is causing the sleep apnea in the patient. The doctor has to determine what the obstruction is. If the obstruction is caused by tonsils or adnoids then it would be a tonsilectomy. If the obstruction is because of an elongated uvula than the uvula can be shaved. If it is a deviated septum than surgery to repair the nose may be ordered. If it is caused by weight then weightloss will reduce the problem or eliminate it all together.
