| palatoplasty | Surgery of the palate to restore form and function. Synonym: staphyloplasty, uraniscoplasty, uranoplasty. Origin: palato-+ G. Plasso, to form (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| palatovaginal groove | A furrow on the inferior aspect of the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone that is bridged below by the sphenoidal process of the palatine bone to form the palatovaginal canal. Synonym: sulcus palatovaginalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatum | Synonym: palate. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palatum durum | The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the soft palate. (12 Dec 1998) |
| palatum fissum | <embryology, paediatrics> A congenital fissure in the roof of the mouth forming a communication between the nasal passages and the oral cavity. (13 Nov 1997) |
| palatum molle | 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. (12 Dec 1998) |
| palatum osseum | A concave elliptical bony plate, constituting the roof of the oral cavity, formed of the palatine process of the maxilla and the horizontal plate of the palatine bone on either side. Synonym: palatum osseum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palau | A republic consisting of a group of about 100 islands and islets in the western pacific ocean. Its capital is koror. Under spain it was administered as a part of the caroline islands but was sold to germany in 1899. Seised by japan in 1914, it was taken by the allies in world war II in 1944. In 1947 it became part of the u.s. Trust territory of the pacific islands, became internally self-governing in 1980, obtained independent control over its foreign policy (except defense) in 1986, and achieved total independence october 1, 1994. (12 Dec 1998) |