The muscular, non-bony arch-shaped posterior portion of the palate extending from the posterior edge of the hard palate. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060023 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_palate http://www.feedexp.org http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Term information
- FMA:55021
- NCIT:C12231
- MAT:0000039
- SCTID:245784004
- MIAA:0000039
- MA:0002412
- GAID:1284
- BTO:0005405
- Wikipedia:Soft_palate
- UMLS:C0030219 (ncithesaurus:Soft_Palate)
- MESH:D010160
- EMAPA:18949
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
A muscular arch-shaped structure that is composed of the musculus uvuli and parts of tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus and attaches to the hard palate and modulates the connections between the oral cavity and pharynx soft tissue arch .[FEED]
Term relations
- multi organ part structure
- neural crest-derived structure
- in taxon some (not Aves)
- part of some secondary palate
- part of some mouth