Palatine uvula
Palatine Uvula
The Palatine Uvula, commonly referred to as the uvula (== Template:IPA ==
The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.
Etymology
The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.
Related Terms
- Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
- Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
- Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
- Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Palatine uvula
- Wikipedia's article - Palatine uvula
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Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski), is a conical projection from the posterior edge of the middle of the soft palate, composed of connective tissue containing a number of racemose glands, and some muscular fibers.
Etymology
The term "uvula" comes from the Latin word "uva" which means "grape," due to the uvula's grape-like shape.
Function
The uvula plays a key role in the articulation of the sound of the human voice to form the sounds of speech. The uvula functions in tandem with the back of the throat, the palate, and air coming up from the lungs to create a variety of sounds.
Related Terms
- Soft Palate: The soft part at the back of the roof of the mouth, which forms a movable muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking.
- Racemose Glands: These are compound tubulo-acinar glands, similar to a bunch of grapes, found in the uvula.
- Nasopharynx: The upper part of the throat that lies behind the nose. It's a box-like chamber about 1.25 inches on each edge. It lies just above the soft part of the roof of the mouth (soft palate) and just in back of the nasal passages.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Palatine uvula
- Wikipedia's article - Palatine uvula
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski