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The palate is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum.
[edit] Etymology
The name is Middle English and is probably derived from the Latin palatum or the Old French palat.
[edit] Function
When functioning in conjunction with other parts of the mouth the palate produces certain sounds, particularly velar, palatal, palatalized, postalveolar, alveolo-palatal, and uvular consonants.
[edit] See also
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General anatomy of head and neck |
| HEAD: Face/Occiput: Forehead – Eye – Ear – Temple - Cheek – Chin
External nose: Nostril - Nasal septum - Cartilages (Accessory nasal, of the septum, Greater alar, Lateral nasal, Lesser alar, Vomeronasal) - Olfactory glands
Nasal cavity: Choana - Turbinate - Sphenoethmoidal recess - Ethmoid bulla - Hiatus semilunaris - Ostium maxillare - Inferior meatus - Vomeronasal organ - Paranasal sinus
Mouth/oral cavity: Lip - Philtrum - Jaw - Pterygomandibular raphe
Teeth: Permanent (Incisor - Canine, Premolar, Molar) - Deciduous
Tongue: Plica fimbriata - Median sulcus - Foramen cecum - Terminal sulcus - Frenulum linguae - Anterior tongue - Posterior tongue
Palate/roof of mouth: Hard palate, Soft palate - Palatine raphe - Incisive papilla - Uvula - Pharyngeal recess - Arches: (Palatoglossal, Palatopharyngeal)
Salivary glands: (Parotid - Sublingual - Submandibular) - Ducts: Submandibular - Parotid
Masseteric fascia - Temporal fascia - Galea aponeurotica - Scalp
NECK: Throat – Pharynx - Larynx
Cartilages: Cricoid - Thyroid (Adam's apple) - Epiglottis - Arytenoid - Cuneiform - Corniculate
Extrinsic ligaments: Thyrohyoid membrane (Lateral thyrohyoid ligament, Median thyrohyoid ligament) - Hyoepiglottic ligament - Cricotracheal ligament Intrinsic ligaments: Cricothyroid ligament
Folds: (Glossoepiglottic - Aryepiglottic - Vocal - Vestibular) - Vocal ligament - Ventricle of the larynx - Infraglottic cavity - Vestibule of larynx - Rima glottidis - Glottis
Triangles of the neck: Anterior of the neck (Muscular, Carotid, Submandibular, Submental) - Posterior of the neck (Occipital, Subclavian) - Suboccipital
Deep cervical fascia (Pretrachial fascia, Prevertebral fascia, Investing layer) - Carotid sheath
Retropharyngeal space
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