Cleft palate: Fairly common congenital disorder in which a fissure forms in the roof of the mouth.
"Vertical portions at the back of the lower jaw form hinge joints at the temples. The front of its arch thickens to form the chin. The upper jaw is attached to bones at the bridge of the nose, in the eye sockets and roof of the mouth, and the cheekbones. It contains the large maxillary sinus. "
Soften the roof of the mouth and allow it to dome up into the nasal cavities behind the eyes.
The condition is caused by extremely cold foods or beverages that touch the roof of the mouth and set in motion a chain of events.
Cleft palate-- a birth defect of the roof of the mouth in that the hard palate did not close completely.
The roof of the mouth in vertebrates having a complete or partial separation of the oral and nasal cavities and consisting of the hard palate and the soft palate.
A lip or liplike structure, such as the one forming the roof of the mouth in insects.
This forces water through a tube formed by the tongue pressed against a groove in the roof of the mouth.
The primary tastes of sour and bitter are near the junction of the soft and hard palates in the roof of the mouth.
an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth.
produced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth at short intervals,
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