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Palate
| Palate |
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| Head and neck. |
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| Palate exhibiting torus palatinus. |
| Latin |
palatum |
| Gray's |
subject #242 1112 |
| MeSH |
Palate |
| Dorlands/Elsevier |
p_02/12607517 |
The palate (IPA: /ˈpælət/ or /ˈpælɪt/) 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. The maxillary nerve branch of the trigeminal nerve (V) supplies sensory innervation to the palate.
Etymology
The name is Middle English and is probably derived from the Latin palatum or the Old French palat.
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.
See also
- Hard palate
- Soft palate
- Cleft palate
- Language
- Vocal tract
- pallet and palette, objects whose names are homophonous with palate for many English-speakers
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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 (Upper, Lower) • 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 gland/Parotid duct • Submandibular gland/Submandibular duct • Sublingual gland/Major sublingual duct |
| Other |
fascia (Masseteric fascia, Temporal fascia, Galea aponeurotica) • Scalp |
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