cleft of the hard palate

  • 1Hard palate — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = palatum durum GraySubject = 38 GrayPage = Caption = Mouth (oral cavity) Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = greater palatine artery Vein = Nerve = greater palatine nerve, nasopalatine nerve Lymph =… …

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  • 2Palate — The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate). * * * The bony and muscular partition between the oral and nasal cavities. SYN: palatum [TA], roof of mouth, uraniscus. [L. palatum, p …

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  • 3Cleft lip and palate — For other uses, see Cleft. Cleft lip and palate Classification and external resources …

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  • 4Cleft palate — An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully together from either side of the mouth and fuse, as they normally should, during embryonic development. The opening in the palate permits… …

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  • 5cleft palate — a congenital defect of the palate in which a longitudinal fissure exists in the roof of the mouth. [1840 50] * * * Fairly common congenital disorder in which a fissure forms in the roof of the mouth. It may affect only the soft palate or extend… …

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  • 6palate — palateless, adj. palatelike, adj. /pal it/, n. 1. Anat. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. See diag.… …

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  • 7cleft palate — noun a congenital fissure of the hard palate • Hypernyms: ↑birth defect, ↑congenital anomaly, ↑congenital defect, ↑congenital disorder, ↑congenital abnormality * * * noun, pl ⋯ ates [count] medical : a split in the roof of the mouth that some… …

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  • 8cleft palate — noun An abnormal condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined. See Also: cleft lip …

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  • 9The Wack Pack — Articleissues notability = July 2008 article = y citations missing = February 2007 weasel = January 2007 fansite = April 2008 OR = April 2008 cleanup = October 2007The Wack Pack is the name given to a wide assortment of regular guests of The… …

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  • 10palate — n. 1) a cleft; perforated palate 2) the hard; soft palate 3) (misc.) to tickle the palate ( to be very tasty ) * * * [ pælɪt] perforated palate soft palate a cleft the hard (misc.) to tickle the palate ( to be very tasty ) …

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