hard palate
(noun)
The bony roof of the mouth, located ventrally to the soft palate.
Examples of hard palate in the following topics:
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Cleft Palate and Lip
- Approximately 1 in 700 children are born with a cleft lip and/or a cleft palate.
- Cleft palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined .
- The soft palate is cleft as well.
- Palate cleft can occur as complete (soft and hard palate, possibly including a gap in the jaw) or incomplete (a 'hole' in the roof of the mouth, usually as a cleft soft palate).
- When cleft palate occurs, the uvula is usually split.
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Structures Used in Voice Production
- Resonance: The structures of the upper respiratory tract—particularly the soft palate of the mouth, the nasopharynx, and the paranasal sinuses—resonate and amplify the vibration of the vocal folds, making the sound louder and changing its tone.
- The soft palate further back on the roof of the mouth (velar).
- Pre-palatal (front part of hard palate that arches upward), 7.
- Palatal (hard palate), 8.
- Velar (soft palate), 9.
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Marfan Syndrome
- It may also affect the lungs, the eyes, the dural sac surrounding the spinal cord, the skeleton, and the hard palate of the mouth.
- Other signs include abnormal joint flexibility, a high palate, flat feet, hammer toes, stooped shoulders, and unexplained stretch marks on the skin.
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Mouth
- The mouth is also known as the oral cavity, and within the oral cavity sits the tongue, the soft and hard palate, the uvula, and numerous salivary glands.
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Two Spices for the Business Kitchen
- Even engineers and other "hard skills" experts are going to have to rely "more on creativity than competence, more on tacit knowledge than technical manuals, and more on fashioning the big picture than sweating the details."
- After all, spiciness can stimulate business as much as it does the human palate if it's well-chosen.
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Congenital Defects
- An example of a birth defect is cleft palate .
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Pharynx
- It extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate.
- It includes the space between the internal nares and the soft palate, and lies superior to the oral cavity.
- The salpingopalatine fold, a smaller fold that extends from the superior part of the torus to the palate.
- The superior wall consists of the inferior surface of the soft palate and the uvula.
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CLASSIFICATION OF SOUNDS
- Gutturals (or Palatals), c, k, q, g, ch.
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CLASSIFICATION OF SOUNDS
- Gutturals (or Palatals), c, k, q, g, ch.
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Evolution of Mammals
- Other much-studied aspects include the evolution of the middle ear bones, erect limb posture, a bony secondary palate, fur and hair, and warm-bloodedness.
- Chewing also requires the ability to chew and breathe at the same time, which is facilitated by the presence of a secondary palate.
- A secondary palate is not found in pelycosaurs, but is present in cynodonts and mammals.