Palate

The palate (pronounced /ˈpælɨt/) is the roof of the mouth in humans and vertebrate animals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The palate is divided into two parts, the anterior bony hard palate, and the posterior fleshy soft palate or velum. The maxillary nerve branch of the trigeminal nerve (V) supplies sensory innervation to the palate.

The hard palate is formed before birth. If the fusion is not complete, it is called a cleft palate. As the roof of the mouth was once considered the seat of the sense of taste, palate can also refer to this sense itself, as in the phrase "a discriminating palate". By further extension, the flavor of a food (particularly beer or wine) may be called its palate, as when a wine is said to have an oaky palate.

Etymology

The name is Middle English and is derived from the Latin palatum or the Old French palat

Function

When functioning in conjunction with other parts of the mouth the palate produces certain sounds, particularly velar, palatal, palatalized, postalveolar, alveolo-palatal, and uvular consonants.

Translation of "Palate"

Arabic: حنك, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܟܐ, Guarani: Apekũ, Breton: Staon, Catalan: Paladar, Czech: Patro (ústa), Danish: Gane, German: Gaumen, Divehi: މަތީ ތަލި, Spanish: Paladar, French: Palais (anatomie), Korean: 입천장, Italian: Palato, Hebrew: חך, Kurdish: Ezmanê dêv, Latin: Palatum, Lithuanian: Gomurys, Hungarian: Szájpad, Dutch: Verhemelte, Japanese: 口蓋, Norwegian (Bokmål): Gane, Pangasinan: Taoen-taoen, Polish: Podniebienie (anatomia), Portuguese: Palato, Quechua: Sanka, Russian: Нёбо, Finnish: Suulaki, Swedish: Gom, Telugu: అంగిలి, Ukrainian: Піднебіння, Zazaki: Asmênê feki / aşmaqê feki.