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The soft palate (also known as the velum, palatal velum, or muscular palate) is, in mammals, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth.
The soft palate is part of the palate of the mouth; the other part is the hard palate.
The soft palate is distinguished from the hard palate at the front of the mouth in that it does not contain bone.
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Names
- Latin
- Palatum molle
- English
- Soft palate
- French
- Palais mou
- Spanish
- Paladar blando
- Portuguese
- Palato mole