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soft palate

Identification
Official Latin term palatum molle
Official term soft palate
Unit identifier TAH:U2440
Unit type single
Materiality material
Navigation
Link to the unit soft palate
Links of entity generic: soft palate
Entity-oriented links Universal page Definition page
External links TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links Level 2: fauces
Taxonomic links Level 1: anatomical complex Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: complex of parts of organ Short Extended
Level 3: complex of regions of organ
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language
Taxonomic definition
Spatial definition Global location is head. Medial anatomical structure, it is a prolongation of the hard palate posteriorly and limits the fauces superiorly and the nasopharynx inferiorly.
Encyclopedic definition the fleshy part of the roof of the mouth, extending from the posterior edge of the hard palate; from its free inferior border is a projection of variable length, the uvula.
Taxonomic definition The soft palate is a complex of regions of organ [complexus regionum organi ] which is an extension posteriorly of the roof of the mouth beyonds the hard palate
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body top
TAH:U2275
digestive system SOS
TAH:U2438
fauces SOS
TAH:U2440 soft palate SOS
TAH:U2441
uvula of palate SOS
TAH:U2442
palatoglossal arch SOS
TAH:U2444
palatopharyngeal arch SOS
TAH:U2445
semilunar fold SOS
Total
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Taxonomy
Date: 20.11.2025