Anatomy
uvula
u·vu·la [ yoo-vyuh-luh ]
Subclass of:
Palate, Soft
Etymology:
Latin uva = a grape + the diminutive suffix -ula
Hence a little grape, from a supposed resemblance. Celsus used the word uva, and not until the seventeenth century was this changed to uvula.
Hence a little grape, from a supposed resemblance. Celsus used the word uva, and not until the seventeenth century was this changed to uvula.
Definitions related to uvula of palate:
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(uvula) A fleshy extension at the back of the soft palate that hangs above the opening of the throat.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(uvula) A small, fleshy flap of tissue that hangs from the back of the throat over the root of the tongue.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(uvula) Region of soft palate, each instance of which is a pendent, fleshy mass in the middle of the posterior end of some soft palate.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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(uvula) The fleshy lobe that hangs at the back of the soft palate.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(palatine uvula) The soft flap of tissue that hangs down at the back of the mouth (at the edge of the soft palate).NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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