A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable separation of the muscular soft palate and uvula (the small piece of tissue ...

That soft flap of tissue that looks like a droplet at the back of your mouth, or soft palate, is called your palatine uvula. It’s usually harmless and a good thing to have hanging around ...

Your uvula is the fleshy tissue that hangs in the back of your throat. It's attached to the roof of your mouth (soft palate). You can see it if you look in the mirror and open your mouth wide ...

“The uvula is the punching bag located at the back of the soft palate, and helps to close off the upper throat from the lower throat during swallowing and speech,” says Craig Zalvan, M.D ...

Every night, millions of people stop breathing without knowing it. Not once, but sometimes hundreds of times. Their remedy? A ...

“The uvula is the punching bag located at the back of the soft palate, and helps to close off the upper throat from the lower throat during swallowing and speech,” says Craig Zalvan, M.D ...

On physical examination, clinicians noted irregular gray-white ulcers on the soft palate, uvula, and tonsils. The area around the sores was red and swollen.

I have been having a problem with a bad cough producing a lot of thick dense phlegm over the years, but lately its been getting worse. About 6 months ago i visited an ENT and he examined my sinuses ...

The procedure involves heating the soft palate tissues of the airway to stop the vibrations that cause snoring. Dr. Amoils explained, "The laser works on the uvula in the back of the throat as we ...