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roof of the mouth

NOUN
  1. the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities

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  • Kristen Fennimore of New Egypt, N.J., counts herself among the than 35 million Americans plagued by seasonal allergic rhinitis — also known as hay fever, a condition characterized by sneezing, stuffiness, a runny nose and the telltale itchiness in the nose, roof of the mouth, throat, eyes or ears. The nose knows: Allergy season here with vengeance
  • The next seven consonants are 'retroflex': the tongue curls back to the palate (front part of the roof of the mouth), making a hard sound ṭh aspirated version of the above as in 'dry', but harder Latest education news, including the university guide 2010, RAE results, higher and schools news, schools tables and further education | guardian.co.uk
  • Then Huysmans really hits his stride, likening whisky to trombones, "raising the roof of the mouth" with their blare. Do They Taste of Trumpets?
  • The palate is defined anatomically as the roof of the mouth.
  • Soften the roof of the mouth and allow it to dome up into the nasal cavities behind the eyes.
  • The management that can be used is either to place some sort of obturator in the cleft or to close the cleft with available tissue of the roof of the mouth.
  • They feed by straining small marine organisms out of the water using plates of baleen, a hornlike substance that forms filaments that hang down from the roof of the mouth.
  • Cleft lip and cleft palate range from a small notch in the lip to a groove that runs into the roof of the mouth and nose, possibly leading to problems with eating, talking and ear infections.
  • When snakes flick their tongues in and out, they pick up chemical cues from the air, which they transfer to a sensory organ in the roof of the mouth.
  • Myers found that when the tongue was pressed against a groove in the roof of the mouth a small tube was formed.
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