Palate

Introduction: Palate

Description of Palate

Palate: The roof of the mouth.

Palate: The roof of the mouth. The front portion is bony (hard palate), and the back portion is muscular (soft palate).
Source: National Institute of Health

Palate: structure that forms the roof of the mouth, consisting of the anterior hard palate and the posterior soft palate.
Source: CRISP

Palate: The structure that forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of the anterior hard palate (PALATE, HARD) and the posterior soft palate (PALATE, SOFT).
Source: MeSH 2007

Palate: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Palate:

• Palate symptoms (985 causes)
• Muscular
• Muscular diseases
• Muscular pain (956 causes)
• Oral
• Oral disease
• Oral disorder
• Oral pain (146 causes)
• Nasal

Terms associated with Palate:

Terms Similar to Palate:

• Incisive Papilla

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Palate:

• Palate, Hard
• Palatal Muscles
• Palate, Soft

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Palate

• Jaw
• Mouth

Source - MeSH 2007

• mouth

Source - CRISP

The term Palate can be used for:

• hard palate
• soft palate
• uvula

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Palate

The following list attempts to classify Palate into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Stomatognathic System
  • Jaw
    • Palate

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Stomatognathic System
  • Mouth
    • Palate

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