Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The soft palate (also known as velum or muscular palate) is in mammals the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth. 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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artery
Ascending palatine artery, Lesser palatine arteries
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Gray subject
242
MeSH name
Soft+Palate
MeSH number
A14.549.617.780
nerve
Medial pterygoid nerve, Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve, Lesser palatine nerve

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