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单词 soft palate
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Definition of soft palate in English:

soft palate

noun
  • The fleshy, flexible part towards the back of the roof of the mouth.

    软腭

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When we swallow, the soft palate closes off the nasal passages from the throat to prevent food from entering the nose.
    • The noise is generated by vibration of the soft palate - the back of the roof of the mouth - when air passes over it during breathing.
    • Laughter therapy is very good for the muscles of the soft palate and throat.
    • With the mouth wide open and the patient's head tilted back, the hard and soft palates should be carefully inspected and palpated.
    • Scattered taste buds are also found in the epithelium of the soft palate, pharynx, larynx and epiglottis.
    • Submucous clefts are often not recognised early as there is apparently an intact soft palate, but the muscle alignment is abnormal and may give rise to poor speech development.
    • Men have larger soft palates and longer airways (from the hard palate to the base of the epiglottis) than women, but men also have larger airway volume, which may be compensatory.
    • Most of the speech sounds in English require that the space between your mouth and your nose behind the soft palate be completely closed.
    • Phonation depends on the sphincter action of the soft palate, tongue, and lips.
    • The soft palate elevates to close the nasopharynx, and the suprahyoid muscles pull the larynx up and forward.
    • These interruptions in your breathing, which can last 10 seconds or longer, occur when the muscles in your soft palate, uvula, tongue and tonsils relax during sleep.
    • There is progressive loss of oral manipulation of food, associated with increasing weakness and atrophy of the tongue, masseter muscles and soft palate.
    • In addition to the vallate and fungiform papillae of the tongue, taste buds are found in the soft palate, oropharynx, and epiglottis.
    • The adenoids are located high in the throat behind the nose and soft palate (roof of the mouth) and are not visible through the mouth without special instruments.
    • Radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate to cure snoring caused by palatal vibration has recently come into vogue.
    • Clinically, the patient had an extensive ulcerating tonsillar tumour involving the right-sided soft palate, posterior buccal mucosa and posterior tongue base.
    • A palatine branch of this artery may be larger than usual and supplies the soft palate, taking the place of the inferior palatine branch of the facial, which in such cases is small.
    • The size of the tongue is assessed in relation to that of the soft palate, while the tongue rests in the floor of the mouth.
    • Another odd characteristic of beavers is that their epiglottis lies above the soft palate, within the narial passage.
    • Cleft palate may involve only the soft palate at the back of the mouth or may run forwards through the bone of the hard palate.
    Synonyms
    roof of the mouth

Definition of soft palate in US English:

soft palate

nounˌsôf(t) ˈpalətˌsɔf(t) ˈpælət
  • The fleshy, flexible part toward the back of the roof of the mouth.

    软腭

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Another odd characteristic of beavers is that their epiglottis lies above the soft palate, within the narial passage.
    • Laughter therapy is very good for the muscles of the soft palate and throat.
    • With the mouth wide open and the patient's head tilted back, the hard and soft palates should be carefully inspected and palpated.
    • Clinically, the patient had an extensive ulcerating tonsillar tumour involving the right-sided soft palate, posterior buccal mucosa and posterior tongue base.
    • When we swallow, the soft palate closes off the nasal passages from the throat to prevent food from entering the nose.
    • Men have larger soft palates and longer airways (from the hard palate to the base of the epiglottis) than women, but men also have larger airway volume, which may be compensatory.
    • Submucous clefts are often not recognised early as there is apparently an intact soft palate, but the muscle alignment is abnormal and may give rise to poor speech development.
    • In addition to the vallate and fungiform papillae of the tongue, taste buds are found in the soft palate, oropharynx, and epiglottis.
    • There is progressive loss of oral manipulation of food, associated with increasing weakness and atrophy of the tongue, masseter muscles and soft palate.
    • A palatine branch of this artery may be larger than usual and supplies the soft palate, taking the place of the inferior palatine branch of the facial, which in such cases is small.
    • The adenoids are located high in the throat behind the nose and soft palate (roof of the mouth) and are not visible through the mouth without special instruments.
    • These interruptions in your breathing, which can last 10 seconds or longer, occur when the muscles in your soft palate, uvula, tongue and tonsils relax during sleep.
    • Scattered taste buds are also found in the epithelium of the soft palate, pharynx, larynx and epiglottis.
    • Phonation depends on the sphincter action of the soft palate, tongue, and lips.
    • Cleft palate may involve only the soft palate at the back of the mouth or may run forwards through the bone of the hard palate.
    • The size of the tongue is assessed in relation to that of the soft palate, while the tongue rests in the floor of the mouth.
    • The soft palate elevates to close the nasopharynx, and the suprahyoid muscles pull the larynx up and forward.
    • Radiofrequency ablation of the soft palate to cure snoring caused by palatal vibration has recently come into vogue.
    • Most of the speech sounds in English require that the space between your mouth and your nose behind the soft palate be completely closed.
    • The noise is generated by vibration of the soft palate - the back of the roof of the mouth - when air passes over it during breathing.
    Synonyms
    roof of the mouth
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