"Palate, Soft" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A movable fold suspended from the posterior border of the hard palate. The uvula hangs from the middle of the lower border.
| Descriptor ID |
D010160
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A14.549.617.780
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| Concept/Terms |
Palate, Soft- Palate, Soft
- Palates, Soft
- Velum Palatinum
- Palatinum, Velum
- Soft Palate
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Palate, Soft" by people in Profiles.
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Sites in the oropharynx reached by different methods of using mouthwash: clinical implication for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea prevention. Sex Transm Infect. 2020 08; 96(5):358-360.
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Drug-Induced Sleep Computed Tomography-Directed Upper Airway Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Pilot Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2019 01; 160(1):172-181.
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Soft palate functional reconstruction with buccinator myomucosal island flaps. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2018 Mar; 47(3):316-323.
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Evolution of soft palate surgery techniques for obstructive sleep apnea patients: A comparative study for single-level palatal surgeries. Clin Otolaryngol. 2018 04; 43(2):584-590.
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Mucocutaneous Secondary Syphilis: 'The Great Imitator'. Am J Med. 2018 02; 131(2):e57-e58.
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Acute localized exanthem due to Coxsackievirus A4. Infez Med. 2017 Sep 01; 25(3):274-276.
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Barbed snore surgery for concentric collapse at the velum: The Alianza technique. J Craniomaxillofac Surg. 2017 Nov; 45(11):1794-1800.
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Multilevel radiofrequency ablation for snoring and OSAHS patients therapy: long-term outcomes. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2012 Jan; 269(1):321-30.
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Evaluation of soft palate changes using sleep videofluoroscopy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Feb; 135(2):168-72.