The palate is essentially the roof of the mouth. The front portion of the palate is constructed of bone (specifically two bones called the maxilla and the palatine) covered with a mucous membrane. Together these form the hard palate. The hard palate...

n. 1. (also hard palate) The hard bony structure at the top of the roof of the mouth, just behind the alveolar ridge. 2. [now rare] A cover term for the palate (sense 1) and the velum taken together. Adj. palatal; CF...

The concave region of bony cartilage that covers the oral cavity and is connected behind the...

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The palate (IPA: /ˈpælət/ or /ˈpælɪt/) is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy...

A primary cause of chronic snoring and sleep apnea is a weak soft palate that flutters shut and blocks air passageways. Many people with apnea sleep by breathing through a mask connected to an air hose; others opt for UPPP (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty), a surgical procedure...

Even Peter Piper might have trouble picking the right pepper from the peck of peppers in today's market. From the habanero, reputed to pack a punch like no other, to the mild-mannered bell, there's a pepper for every palate in a rainbow of...

An Ecuadorean teenager endured a horrific brush with death in an explosion that left her boyfriend and another man missing and feared dead in a car bombing blamed on Basque separatists, an Ecuadorean immigrant association said Monday.Saturday's powerful explosion at a five-story parking lot at...

Women buy much of the wine purchased in the United States, and they make quite a bit of it too. But it's mostly male critics who proclaim what's prime and what's plonk.Enter the National Women's Wine Competition being held this month in Northern California. The...