| palatopharyngeal | Relating to palate and pharynx. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| palatopharyngeal arch | One of a pair of ridges or folds of mucous membrane which passes downward from the posterior margin of the soft palate to the lateral wall of the pharynx. It encloses the palatopharyngeus muscle and forms the posterior margin of the tonsillar fossa. It also demarcates the isthmus of fauces from oropharynx. Synonym: arcus palatopharyngeus, pharyngopalatine arch, posterior palatine arch, posterior pillar of fauces. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopharyngeal muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, soft palate; forms the posterior pillar of the fauces or tonsillar fossa; insertion, posterior border of thyroid cartilage and aponeurosis of pharynx; action, narrows fauces, depresses soft palate, elevates pharynx and larynx; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus (cranial root of accessory nerve). Synonym: musculus palatopharyngeus, musculus pharyngopalatinus, palatopharyngeal muscle, palatopharyngeus, pharyngopalatinus, pharyngostaphylinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopharyngeal sphincter | A constant band of the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle which sweeps posteriorly from the anterolateral part of the superior surface of the palatine aponeurosis. It creates a visible ridge when the superior constrictor is contracted, meeting the elevated soft palate to seal off the pharyngeal isthmus during swallowing. Synonym: pharyngeal ridge, sphincter of the pharyngeal isthmus, velopharyngeal sphincter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopharyngeus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, soft palate; forms the posterior pillar of the fauces or tonsillar fossa; insertion, posterior border of thyroid cartilage and aponeurosis of pharynx; action, narrows fauces, depresses soft palate, elevates pharynx and larynx; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus (cranial root of accessory nerve). Synonym: musculus palatopharyngeus, musculus pharyngopalatinus, palatopharyngeal muscle, palatopharyngeus, pharyngopalatinus, pharyngostaphylinus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopharyngoplasty | <procedure> Surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue in selected cases of snoring, with or without sleep apnea. This technique has proven effective in approximately 50% of cases, when undertaken to cure sleep apnea. Pharmacological treatment of apnea generally fails to correct the problem, thus surgery has offered the best recourse in extreme cases. New mechanical devices which prevent the pharynx from collapsing also appear promising. Synonym: uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, uvulopalatoplasty. Origin: palato-+ pharynx, + plastos, formed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopharyngorrhaphy | Synonym: staphylopharyngorrhaphy. Origin: palato-+ pharynx + G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatoplasty | Surgery of the palate to restore form and function. Synonym: staphyloplasty, uraniscoplasty, uranoplasty. Origin: palato-+ G. Plasso, to form (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatoplegia | Paralysis of the muscles of the soft palate. Synonym: staphyloplegia. Origin: palato-+ G. Plege, stroke (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatopterygoid | <anatomy> Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed. Origin: Palato- + pterygoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palatorrhaphy | Suture of a cleft palate. Synonym: staphylorrhaphy, uraniscorrhaphy, uranorrhaphy, velosynthesis. Origin: palato-+ G. Rhaphe, suture (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatosalpingeus | Synonym: tensor veli palati muscle. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatoschisis | Synonym: cleft palate. Origin: palato-+ G. Schisis, fissure (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatouvularis muscle | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, posterior nasal spine; insertion, forms chief bulk of the uvula; action, raises the uvula; nerve supply, pharyngeal plexus. Synonym: musculus uvulae, muscle of uvula, musculus azygos uvulae, palatouvularis muscle, uvularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatovaginal canal | On the undersurface of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, a furrow that is converted into a canal by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone; it transmits the pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery and the pharyngeal nerve from the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym: canalis palatovaginalis, palatovaginal canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatognathous |
having a cleft palate.
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| palatograph |
an instrument used in palatography.
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| palatography |
the recording of movements of the palate in speech. See also palatomyography.
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| palatomaxillary |
pertaining to the palate and the maxilla.
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| palatomaxillary a. |
palatal a.
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