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Palate, Soft

Known as: soft palates, Velum Palatinum, Muscular palate 
A movable fold suspended from the posterior border of the hard palate. The uvula hangs from the middle of the lower border.
National Institutes of Health

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Benign Soft Palate NeoplasmBenign Uvula NeoplasmBiopsy of Soft PalateBlood supply aspects

Narrower (1)

Cleft Soft Palate

Broader (1)

Oral region

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
The soft palate is an important site of adaptation for transmissible influenza viruses
Influenza A viruses pose a major public health threat by causing seasonal epidemics and sporadic pandemics. Their epidemiological… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
The acoustics of snoring.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Early events in the pathogenesis of foot-and-mouth disease in cattle after controlled aerosol exposure.
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Oronasal fistula in cleft palate surgery
Oronasal fistula (ONF) is the commonest complication associated with cleft palate surgery. The main symptoms associated with ONF… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Functional Outcomes After Primary Oropharyngeal Cancer Resection and Reconstruction With the Radial Forearm Free Flap
Objective To report prospectively collected aeromechanical, acoustical, and perceptual speech outcomes, as well as preliminary… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Application of the buccal fat pad in oral reconstruction.
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Quality of life of maxillectomy patients using an obturator prosthesis
The psychosocial adaptation of patients who had undergone a resection of the maxilla for cancer of the maxillary antrum and/or… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A cephalometric and electromyographic study of upper airway structures in the upright and supine positions.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A new intraoral flap: facial artery musculomucosal (FAMM) flap.
By combining the principles of nasolabial and buccal mucosal flaps, we have designed a new axial musculomucosal flap based on the… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Convergence of lingual and palatal gustatory neural activity in the nucleus of the solitary tract
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