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diving, the nostrils of a crocodilian shut tight. All species have a palatal valve, a membranous flap of skin at the back of the oral cavity that protects...

are often described as 'palatal' though they are produced further forward than the palate region typically described as palatal. Because of individual...

abnormal overjet greater than or equal to 3 millimeters, and a thin soft palatal mucosa with a short uvula. In 88% of the subjects, there is a history of...

Velum may refer to: Superior medullary velum, anterior medullary velum or valve of Vieussens, white matter, in the brain, which stretches between the superior...

"Velopharyngeal dysfunction" now refers to abnormality of the velopharyngeal valve, regardless of cause. Velopharyngeal insufficiency includes any structural...

months. Approximately 20–25% only require one palatal surgery to achieve a competent velopharyngeal valve capable of producing normal, non-hypernasal speech...

an uninterrupted cartilaginous notochord and an extensively developed palatal dentition. Basal ("primitive") lungfish groups may retain marginal teeth...

denti-alveolars (/t tʰ d ʔd/); the three-way distinction among velars (/k kʰ ɡ/) and palatals (/tɕ tɕʰ dʑ/), with the glottalized member of each set apparently missing...

diagram shown opposite: Folds or plicae suprapalatal upper palatal interpalatal lower palatal infrapalatal basal Lamellae are named as follows: infracolumellar...

to the back of the throat. For good results, the patient must have good palatal motion, as the occlusion of the nasal cavity is mainly carried out by muscles...

and the nasal cavity. When this mechanism is impaired in some way, the valve does not fully close, and a condition known as "velopharyngeal inadequacy"...

long. Their palate differs from other ratites in that the sphenoid and palatal bones are unconnected. The common ostrich was originally described by Carl...

without blood, and they often involve the terminal ileum and ileocecal valve. Some patients with BD experience abdominal tenderness, bloating, and general...

palatum palat- roof of the mouth impalatable, palatability, palatable, palatal, palate palla pall- covering, cloak circumpallial, pall, pallial, palliate...

normally functions as a valve to prevent air from entering the gland from a pressurized oral cavity. Rarely, an incompetent valve allows insufflation of...

the blood may also attach to the heart valves, causing vegetative infective endocarditis (infected heart valves). Additional diseases that may result from...

Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal m̥ m ɱ̊ ɱ n̼ n̥ n ɳ̊...

gave the brain space for growth as they adapted to a life on land. The palatal and jaw structures of tetramorphs were similar to those of early tetrapods...

where the animals sometimes move around by walking. Crocodiles have a palatal flap, a rigid tissue at the back of the mouth that blocks the entry of...

policy of the Pahlavi state in regard to Kurdish was like that of safety valve where rights were restricted when the state felt threatened. After the Iranian...