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Velum

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

The soft palate and adjacent nasopharynx that closes during normal swallowing and during the production of certain speech sounds.

See Larynx, Pharynx

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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