The muscular, non-bony arch-shaped posterior portion of the palate extending from the posterior edge of the hard palate. [ http://www.feedexp.org http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060023 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_palate ]
Term information
- SCTID:245784004
- EMAPA:18949
- GAID:1284
- MESH:D010160
- NCIT:C12231
- MIAA:0000039
- MA:0002412
- FMA:55021
- Wikipedia:Soft_palate
- UMLS:C0030219 (ncithesaurus:Soft_Palate)
- BTO:0005405
- MAT:0000039
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
A muscular arch-shaped structure that is composed of the musculus uvuli and parts of tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, palatoglossus and palatopharyngeus and attaches to the hard palate and modulates the connections between the oral cavity and pharynx soft tissue arch .[FEED]