Soft palate

• Your Mouth’s Anatomy—Having a low, thick soft palate can narrow your airway, causing you to snore while you are asleep. Ways to Keep Yourself from Snoring You can get rid of your snoring problem regardless of what is causing it and here is how; 1. Change Your Sleep Position Your sleep position is the number one culprit of your snoring problem. Lying on your back makes the lower part of your tongue and soft palate contract to the back wall of your throat, causing snoring…

The melting warmth of the white porcelain sends a ray of sunshine through the soft, pink ,palms of my dead hands, causing my fingertips to bud like pink tulips in the Spring. Licking my sharp teeth, the stinging sensation of spearmint waltzes on my tastebuds. My index finger pushes pressure on a small, smooth piano key, and a waterfall caves into my eardrums, obliviating my sleep deprived thoughts. The sizzling and popping of the green leaves mending themselves with the white and yellow ooze on…

The systematic study of speech and the sounds of language is referred to as phonetics. Traditionally phoneticians rely on careful listening and observation in order to describe speech sounds (Nolan, 2007). Phonetics is often defined with respect to phonology. Both disciplines are concerned with the sound medium of language. Phonology is concerned with the pattering of sounds in a language (and in language in general), and is thus comparable to areas of linguistics such as syntax and morphology…

Numerous studies have been reported how velopharyngeal dysfunction can cause resonance disorder on individual with cleft lip and palate or other craniofacial anomalies. Velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) is the velopharyngeal valve failing to close completely during production of the oral sounds. There are three types of velopharyngeal dysfunction, which are the velopharyngeal insufficiency (structure), velopharyngeal incompetence (movement), and velopharyngeal mislearning (articulation). Normal…

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tissues in the throat tend to relax and collapse when we sleep resulting in a blockage of the airway causing apneas. The principle behind this 'singing therapy' is that by strengthening and toning the throat muscles it reduces the risk of the flabby soft palate tissues and throat muscles collapsing and vibrating hence reducing snoring and blockage of the airway, a major cause of sleep…

Overview: Brachycephalic Airway Obstruction Syndrome, or more commonly referred to as Brachycephalic syndrome or abbreviated BAOS, is a syndrome that leads to respiratory distress in the affected breeds of dogs (CIDD). Brachycephalia is best described as a chondrodysplasia that has been a product of selected breeding of domesticated breeds of dogs and cats (Koch). Breed standards often encourage and require these negative anatomical features, ensuring these abnormalities are continually bred…

The burning sensation feels as if you scalded your mouth, and can be severe.. Some symptoms of burning mouth syndrome might include: $ A scalded or burning sensation that typically affects your tongue, but it can also affect your gums, lips, throat, palate, or the entire mouth. $ A dry mouth and increased thirst. $ Diminished sense of taste. $ A bitter or metallic taste. The discomfort from burning mouth syndrome usually has several different patterns. It can: $ Occur daily, with less discomfort…

hooks, the sharp hook and the blunt hook. The sharp hooks were used lift up small tissues while blunt hooks were used for raising blood vessels. Uvula Crushing Forceps are tools used to cut the uvula from our body. Uvula is a soft fleshy tissue that hangs on top of a soft palate in your throat. This will prevent hemorrhaging. Bone drills are still commonly used today. They are used to remove dead tissue in the brain and any unidentified foreign objects in the bone. The last tool was the bone…

Another common feature seen is Low pinna, cleft palate, and thin lips that point downward. Individual may present microcephaly, heart defects, seizures, low pitched cry, low birth weight, short stature and also gastro esophageal reflux, with reflux problem presented the child with have trouble feeding…