Soft palate

The soft palate is responsible for closing off the nasal passages when one swallows, and also for closing off the airway. When someone sneezes, it protects the nasal passage by directing a portion of the substance to the mouth. The uvula hangs fro the end of the soft palate, in humans. The placement of the velum all depends on what sound you as a singer. If you have a high, lifted velum your sound will be more legit or classical. A good way to achieve this sound is by whimpering like a dog, or by acting like a queen and saying “ I am the queen” works well, this one also lowers the larynx. Having a middle or medium soft palate comes from…

orbicularis oris facial muscle (VII). The food is mixed with salvia and masticated with the teeth, so it can pass through the esophagus for digestion. Sensory recognition is critical at this stage and the movement and timing patterns in this phase varies depending on the viscosity. The salvia and food has now created a bolus in which lateral movements of the tongue and mandible are made. Furthermore, the soft palate has a passive role in the oral preparatory phase. The pharynx and larynx are at…

Why is it bad when a person snores? Snoring can be bad in a couple ways. It can socially unacceptable as well as medically unsafe. Socially, a person that snores can become the subject of ridicule for their loud or obnoxious snoring sound. In addition to keeping their sleeping partner or the others around them up because of the loud sounds of snoring the person is making. Medically, it disturbs a person’s sleep patterns keeping them from getting a full night’s sleep and feeling fully rested when…

The skeletal landmarks tend to be more constant and reliable than the soft tissue landmarks. DEFINING FEATURES OF CRANIOFACIAL CLEFTS Number 0 cleft  The number 0 Tessier craniofacial clefts are unique in that there may be deficient, normal, or excess tissue.  Median craniofacial hypoplasia (deficiency of midline structures):  Clinically, it may be important to distinguish among patients with poor brain differentiation (alobar holoprosencephaly) who may die in infancy from those with a…

For my Medical Terminology class, I had to choose a topic that surrounded our main lecture of chapter nine, neonatology disease and disorders. My disease that I have chosen is Cleft Palate or Palate. A Cleft Palate is when there is a split or an opening in the roof of the mouth. It can involve the hard palate which is the bony front portion of the roof of the mouth, or the soft palate which is the soft back portion of the roof of the mouth. There is also a Cleft Lip which is where there is a…

Introduction: According to Children’s hospital of Wisconsin, approximately 1 in every 700 live births; most cases (80 percent) occur in males. Cleft lip/palate are birth defects that occur when the lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy. The causes of orofacial clefts among most infants are unknown. Some children have a cleft lip or cleft palate because of changes in their genes. Cleft lip and cleft palate are thought to be caused by a combination of genes and other factors, such…

What is Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate? Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a child’s lip or palate do not form correctly during pregnancy. Together, these birth defects are often referred to as "orofacial clefts." Cleft Lip Vs. Cleft Palate Cleft Lip: How it's formed: The lip forms between the fourth and seventh weeks of pregnancy. Cells and tissue from the body and head grow towards each other to form facial features, including the lips, mouth, nose, and upper jaw.…

General Comments: The article was written in a clear and thorough way making the information easy to sift through. More specifically, this was done by the section titles that were provided in the article. Through the section titles, the reader was able to identify what information would be presented next. Through the article, the reader discovered that middle ear problems and swallowing difficulties were symptoms of cleft palate, only 10% of individuals show all the symptomatic signs of cleft…

________________________________________________________________________ Could you imagine being a ten year old boy with a facial deformity starting school for the first time? Well, that’s what August Pullman is going through in R.J. Palacio’s book “Wonder.”August, also known as Auggie, was born with a disease called Treacher Collins Syndrome. This disease caused him to have many surgeries, thus the reason Auggie was homeschooled. Now that Auggie has improved his parents made him start…

2010, Africa Mercy was based in Togo where around 30,000 people were blind and unable to work because of cataracts. Due to a lack of surgeons and old expensive techniques, the procedure they needed was out of reach. In one year, the Mercy Ship surgical team was able to restore sight to 1,060 patients. Moreover, they invited local eye surgeons on board to update and learn new skills. These surgeons not only gained insight on a new technique that cuts expenses and operating time in half, but are…