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soft palate
soft palaten. The movable fold, consisting of muscular fibers enclosed in a mucous membrane, that is suspended from the rear of the hard palate and closes off the nasal cavity from the oral cavity during swallowing or sucking.soft palate n (Anatomy) the posterior fleshy portion of the roof of the mouth. It forms a movable muscular flap that seals off the nasopharynx during swallowing and speech pal•ate (ˈpæl ɪt)
n. 1. the roof of the mouth in mammals, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior fleshy portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. 2. the sense of taste: a dinner to delight the palate. 3. intellectual or aesthetic taste. [1350–1400; Middle English palat < Latin palātum] soft palate (sôft) See under palate.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  soft palate - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speakingvelumuvula - a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palatepalate, roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavitiesflap - a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body |
Translationssoft palate
soft palate the posterior fleshy portion of the roof of the mouth. It forms a movable muscular flap that seals off the nasopharynx during swallowing and speech soft palate[′sȯft ′pal·ət] (anatomy) The posterior part of the palate which consists of an aggregation of muscles, the tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, azygos uvulae, palatoglossus, and palatopharyngeus, and their covering mucous membrane. soft palate
soft pal·ate [TA] the posterior muscular portion of the palate, forming an incomplete septum between the mouth and the oropharynx and between the oropharynx and the nasopharynx. Synonym(s): palatum molle [TA], velum palatinum ☆ , velum pendulum palatisoft palaten. The movable fold, consisting of muscular fibers enclosed in a mucous membrane, that is suspended from the rear of the hard palate and closes off the nasal cavity from the oral cavity during swallowing or sucking.soft pal·ate (sawft pal'ăt) [TA] The posterior muscular portion of the palate, forming an incomplete septum between the mouth and the oropharynx, and between the oropharynx and the nasopharynx.
Synonym(s): velum palatinum. soft palate The mobile flap of muscle covered with mucous membrane that is attached to the rear edge of the hard palate. The soft palate seals off the cavity of the nose from the mouth during swallowing.Soft palateThe structure at the roof of the mouth that separates the mouth and the pharynx.Mentioned in: Snoringsoft pal·ate (sawft pal'ăt) [TA] Posterior muscular portion of palate, forming an incomplete septum between mouth and oropharynx and between oropharynx and nasopharynx.
Synonym(s): velum palatinum. soft palate
Related to soft palate: hard palateSynonyms for soft palatenoun a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speakingSynonymsRelated Words- uvula
- palate
- roof of the mouth
- flap
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