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  2. Palatopharyngeus muscle - Wikipedia

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    Palatine aponeurosis and hard palate: Insertion: Upper border of thyroid cartilage (blends with constrictor fibers) Artery: Facial artery: Nerve: Pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve: Actions: Pulls pharynx and larynx upward: Identifiers; Latin: musculus palatopharyngeus: TA98: A05.2.01.105: TA2: 2132: FMA: 46666: Anatomical terms of muscle

  3. List of consonants - Wikipedia

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    nasal palatal approximant [ȷ̃] labialized palatal approximant [ɥ] [jʷ] velar approximant [ɰ] velar lateral approximant [ʟ] labialized velar approximant (voiced) [w] voiceless labialized velar approximant [ʍ] nasal labialized velar approximant [w̃] uvular approximant [ʁ̞] pharyngeal approximant [ʕ̞] epiglottal approximant [ʢ̞]

  4. Soft palate - Wikipedia

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    Palatal petechiae. Petechiae on the soft palate are mainly associated with streptococcal pharyngitis, [6] and as such it is an uncommon but highly specific finding. [7] 10 to 30 percent of palatal petechiae cases are estimated to be caused by suction, which can be habitual or secondary to fellatio. [8]

  5. Pharyngeal muscles - Wikipedia

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    The pharyngeal muscles are a group of muscles that form the pharynx, which is posterior to the oral cavity, determining the shape of its lumen, and affecting its sound properties as the primary resonating cavity. The pharyngeal muscles (involuntary skeletal) push food into the esophagus.

  6. SAMPA chart - Wikipedia

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    The following show the typical symbols for consonants and vowels used in SAMPA, an ASCII-based system based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. SAMPA is not a universal system as it varies from language to language.

  7. Place of articulation - Wikipedia

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    Note: Additional shades of passive articulation are sometimes specified using pre-or post-, for example prepalatal (near the border between the postalveolar region and the hard palate; prevelar (at the back of the hard palate, also post-palatal or even medio-palatal for the middle of the hard palate); or postvelar (near the border of the soft ...

  8. Pharynx - Wikipedia

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    Upper respiratory system, with the nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx labeled at left. The upper portion of the pharynx, the nasopharynx, extends from the base of the skull to the upper surface of the soft palate. [2] It includes the space between the internal nares and the soft palate and lies

  9. International Phonetic Alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The alveolo-palatal and epiglottal consonants, for example, are not included in the consonant chart for reasons of space rather than of theory (two additional columns would be required, one between the retroflex and palatal columns and the other between the pharyngeal and glottal columns), and the lateral flap would require an additional row ...