The muscular, non-bony arch-shaped posterior portion of the palate extending from the posterior edge of the hard palate. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://www.feedexp.org http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060023 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_palate ]
Term information
- EMAPA:18949
- SCTID:245784004
- BTO:0005405
- GAID:1284
- MAT:0000039
- NCIT:C12231
- UMLS:C0030219 (ncithesaurus:Soft_Palate)
- Wikipedia:Soft_palate
- MESH:D010160
- MIAA:0000039
- MA:0002412
- FMA:55021
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
The muscular, non-bony arch-shaped posterior portion of the palate extending from the posterior edge of the hard palate.
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]