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3 lis 2023 · The soft palate, also known as velum, is a mobile fold of soft tissue attached to the posterior margin of the hard palate. It extends posteroinferiorly, being leveled with the border between the nasopharynx and oropharynx. Unlike the hard palate, the soft palate doesn’t contain a bony framework.
- Development of the Palate
The development of the palate is of utmost importance to the...
- Salivary Glands
Saliva is a seromucinous liquid that has several major...
- Hard Palate
The hard palate separates the oral and nasal cavities. It...
- Respiratory
Respiratory system (Systema respiratorum) The respiratory...
- Development of the 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.
16 lip 2024 · valleculae (space between the base of tongue and epiglottis) oropharyngeal isthmus (space between the palatoglossal arches) For staging purposes , the lingual (anterior) surface of the epiglottis is excluded and instead classified as part of the larynx, and the nasopharyngeal (superior) surface of the soft palate is excluded and instead ...
4 mar 2020 · The most basic function of the velum can be understood as the swinging of a trap-door. At rest, the palate falls with gravity in an inferiorly sloping position approximately paralleling the curvature of the tongue as it slopes into the pharynx.
27 wrz 2023 · The base of the tongue refers to the postsulcal part that forms the ventral wall of the oropharynx, while the root of the tongue refers to a part of the presulcal tongue that is attached to the floor of the oral cavity. This article aims to discuss the development and gross anatomy of the tongue.
20 sie 2024 · . The tongue is a complex, principally muscular structure that extends from the oral cavity to the oropharynx. It has important roles in speech, swallowing and taste. Gross anatomy. The tongue has a tip, dorsum, inferior surface and root. The tongue is made of a midline lingual septum and hyoglossus membrane, and multiple muscles 1,2,4.
21 sie 2023 · The area of the tongue posterior to the sulcus terminalis is known as the root or base (posterior one-third of the tongue). The body (anterior two-thirds of the tongue) is the largest part of the tongue and extends from the sulcus terminalis to the frenulum. [5]
