uvula

u·vu·la

U0163800 (yo͞o′vyə-lə)n. A small, fleshy mass of tissue, especially that which hangs from the soft palate above the base of the tongue.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin ūvula, diminutive of Latin ūva, bunch of grapes, uvula.]

uvula

(ˈjuːvjʊlə) n, pl -las or -lae (-ˌliː) (Anatomy) a small fleshy finger-like flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throat and is an extension of the soft palate[C14: from Medieval Latin, literally: a little grape, from Latin ūva a grape]

u•vu•la

(ˈyu vyə lə)

n., pl. -las, -lae (-ˈli) the small, fleshy, conical body projecting downward from the middle of the soft palate. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ūv(a) bunch of grapes]

u·vu·la

(yo͞o′vyə-lə) The small cone-shaped mass of fleshy tissue that hangs from the end of the soft palate above the tongue in the back of the mouth.

uvula

A conical tag hanging from the back of the palate. It helps to keep food out of the nasal cavities.

Thesaurus

Noun

uvula - a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palatesoft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speakingflap - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body

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see palatepalate
, roof of the mouth. The front part, known as the hard palate, formed by the upper maxillary bones and the palatine bones, separates the mouth from the nasal cavity. It is composed of a bone plate covered with a layer of mucous membrane tissue.
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Uvula

(also palatine uvula), a cone-shaped extension of the soft palate in humans and some anthropoid apes. The uvula departs from the middle of the posterior margin of the palate and proceeds with the apex downward. It is covered by a mucous membrane. The anterior side of the uvula faces the mouth, and the posterior side the nasopharynx. The uvula has its own tensor and levator muscles. When food reaches the throat and comes into contact with the uvula, the latter, along with the entire soft palate, rises by reflex action and thus enables the food to pass from the mouth into the pharynx. The human uvula also aids in hermetically sealing the mouth to prevent the jaw from sagging when the body is vertical. Parts of the oral appendages of different origins in some arthropods (crustaceans, arachnids, and insects) are also called uvulas.

uvula

[′yü·vyə·lə] (anatomy) A fingerlike projection in the midline of the posterior border of the soft palate. A lobe of the vermiform process of the lower surface of the cerebellum.

uvula

a small fleshy finger-like flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throat and is an extension of the soft palate

uvula

[u´vu-lah] 1. any hanging, fleshy mass.2. uvula" >palatine uvula. adj., adj u´vular.uvula of bladder a rounded elevation at the neck" >bladder neck in males, formed by convergence of muscle fibers terminating in the urethra. Called also uvula vesicae.bifid uvula bifurcation of the uvula, an incomplete form of cleft palate.uvula cerebel´li uvula vermis.uvula palati´na (palatine uvula) the small, fleshy mass hanging from the soft palate above the root of the tongue.

Features of the oral cavity, including the uvula. From Applegate, 2000.uvula ver´mis the part of the vermis of the cerebellum between the pyramid and nodule; it is a lobule that forms the posterior limit of the fourth ventricle. Called also uvula cerebelli.uvula vesi´cae urina´riae uvula of bladder.

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u·vu·li

(yū'vyū-lă, -lī), [TA] An appendant fleshy mass; a structure bearing a fancied resemblance to the palatine uvula. [Mod. L. dim. of L. uva, a grape, the uvula]

uvula

(yo͞o′vyə-lə)n. A small, fleshy mass of tissue, especially that which hangs from the soft palate above the base of the tongue.

u·vu·la

, pl. uvulae (ū'vyū-lă, -lē) [TA] An appendant fleshy mass; a structure bearing a fancied resemblance to the palatine uvula. [Mod. L. dim. of L. uva, a grape, the uvula]

uvula

The small fleshy protuberance that hangs from the middle of the free edge of the soft PALATE. Like the rest of the soft palate, the uvula is composed of muscle and connective tissue covered by MUCOUS MEMBRANE.

uvula

a fleshy structure hanging from the back of the soft palate in human beings, the function of which is unclear.

u·vu·la

, pl. uvulae (yū'vyū-lă, -lē) [TA] An appendant fleshy mass. [Mod. L. dim. of L. uva, a grape, the uvula]

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noun a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate

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