Palate, soft

Oropharynx Airway passage between the lower border of the soft palate... 

Soft palate Movable fold along the posterior superior portion of the oral... 

Gaomen, m. (hard) palate, -segel, n.,-vorhang, m. soft palate. 

The act of vomiting is a complex process accompanied by several events apart from activation of the motor nerves and various voluntary muscles involved in the increase of intragastric pressure and evacuation of the stomach contents. Vomiting is preceded by a deep inspiration, closure of the glottis and raising of the soft palate to prevent vomitus entering the trachea and nasopharynx, respectively. There is also increased heart rate, pallor, salivation, sweating and lacrimation. 

Maier W., van den Heever J. and Durand F. (1996). New therapsid specimens and the origin of the secondary hard and soft palate of mammals. J Zool Systemat Evol Res 34, 9-19. 

Diphtheria is a bacterial respiratory infection characterized by membranous pharyngitis. The membrane may cover the pharynx, tonsillar areas, soft palate, and uvula. Diphtheria may also cause anal, cutaneous, vaginal, and conjunctival infections. The impact of diphtheria is not from the causative bacteria, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, but rather from complications attributed to its exotoxin, such as myocarditis and peripheral... 

Red swollen uvula, petechiae on the soft palate, and a scarlatiniform rash. 

The hydrolysis of triacylglycerol is catalysed by lipases, two of which are present in the stomach. These are lingual lipase, which is secreted by the soft palate, and gastric lipase, which is secreted by the gastric glands of the stomach. Gastric lipase is particnlarly important in the newborn since, at this stage of life, pancreatic secretions contain relatively little lipase. 

Soft palate extends down, narrowing the airway... 

The cheeks, lips, hard and soft palates and tongue form the oral cavity. The main difference between the oral mucosa and skin as compared to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract lining lies in the organization of the different epithelia. While the latter has a single layer of cells forming the simple epithelium, the skin and the oral cavity have several layers of cells with various degrees of differentiation. 

Keratinized epithelium is dehydrated, mechanically tough and chemically resistant. It is found in areas of the oral cavity subject to mechanical stress such as the mucosa of the gingiva (gums) and hard palate (roof of mouth). Non-keratinized epithelium is relatively flexible and is found in areas such as the soft palate, the floor of the mouth, the lips and the cheeks. Thus the regions of the oral cavity pertinent to drag delivery (i.e. the sublingual and buccal regions) have a non-keratinized epithelium. 

In a previous study by the author, submental pressure (Figure 7) was noted to elevate the larynx, but occlusion occurred at the level of the nasopharynx and oropharynx. The soft tissues of the submental region pushed the tongue against the soft palate. 

---