0 the soft piece of muscle and tissue that forms the top of the mouth at the back, separating the passages behind the nose from the throat -- 软腭（肌肉和组织构成的软片，形成口腔后面的顶部，将鼻子后的气道与咽喉分开）
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.
