Uvula of palate

Uvula palatina

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Definition

Hanging from the middle of the lower border of the soft palate is a small, conical, pendulous process, the palatine uvula.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

Comparative anatomy in animals

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