| palatal reflex |
palatine reflex, stimulation of the palate causes swallowing; called also swallowing r.
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| palatine bone |
The palatine bone is a bone situated at the back part of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid. It contributes to the walls of three cavities: the floor and lateral wall of the nasal cavity, the roof of the mouth, and the floor of the orbit; it enters into the formation of two foss? the pterygopalatine and pterygoid foss? and one fissure, the inferior orbital fissure. ...
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| palate |
The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).
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| palatable |
Tasty; refers to food that is readily accepted.
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| palate |
The 'vault' that rises in the middle of the mouth cavity; in particualr, its front rim, the palatal ridge or hard palate, which rises after the alveola. There, near the borders, the sounds called palatals are produced, of which English has ch, sh, y. At the summit of the palate, with the tongue curled backwards, a different kind of sound is produced, which we call retroflex. The back part of the palate is not considered a part of it for our purposes, but forms the velum.
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