soft palate
soft part of the roof of the mouth located in the rear near the throat
Soft palate
The soft palate (or velum, or muscular palate) is the soft
tissue constituting the back of the roof of the
mouth. The soft palate is distinguished from the
hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone.
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Soft palate
The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone and so is soft.
soft palate
[PAL-et]
The back, muscular (not bony) part of the roof of the mouth.
soft palate
Noun
1. a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
(synonym) velum
(hypernym) flap
(part-holonym) palate, roof of the mouth
(part-meronym) uvula
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