Voorbeelden van soft palate

• The soft palate, uvula, redundant pharyngeal tissues, and sometimes the tonsils are removed (51).

• Closure of the soft palate may require extensive dissection of the soft tissues laterally.

• The pharynx consists of the nasopharynx above the soft palate and the oropharynx at the rear of the oral cavity.

• Firstly, the baby has to be able to lift the soft palate to close off the nasal airway from the mouth.

• Monitoring soft palate movements in speech.

• The aim is that their subsequent action will help to pull the soft palate posteriorly towards the posterior pharyngeal wall and allow intra-oral pressure to be generated during speech.

• Evaluation of movements for swallowing focuses on the tone, power, coordination, range and duration/ sustainability of movements and reflexes of the mandible, lips, tongue, soft palate.

• The anterior bulging of the soft palate prevents premature spillage of food from the oral cavity to the pharynx.

• Patterns of soft palate movements in six languages.

• In horses, it is a rare condition usually involving the caudal soft palate.

• This changes the contour of the posterior part of the soft palate.

• Snoring typically consists of vibration of the uvula and the soft palate (velum).

• These lesions most often appear on the tonsillar pillars (adjacent to the tonsils), but also on the soft palate, tonsils, uvula, or tongue.

• Nonkeratinized squamous epithelium covers the soft palate, inner lips, inner cheeks, and the floor of the mouth, and ventral surface of the tongue.

• These are often not found until after they have become worse because of the difficulty in visualizing the entire soft palate.