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  1. NLM Digital Collections - A manual of physiology 
    Publication: Toronto : Adam, Stevenson & Co., 1868
    ... first act of deglutition. The base of the tongue is now drawn slightly ... the uvula filling up the space between them, and in this way the food is ...
  2. ... hard palate or upper teeth ; 3, between the tongue and soft palate ; 4, between the true vocal bands. 685 Voice. Volition. REFERENCE ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Human physiology (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1850
    ... Previous to this, the pendulous veil of the palate had been applied to the base of the tongue. The bolus now raises it to the hori- zontal position: ... which the liquid has to be extracted. The tongue is likewise applied, ... surface and the palate. The fluid, no longer compressed equally by the ...
  4. ... and the hard palate ; C, be- tween the tongue and the soft palate; D, between the true vocal cords. Sec. 318.] CONSONANTS. 663 ...
  5. ... readily conform to it, and that a passage between the tongue, palate, and alveolar border can be readily formed by ... that the rugse and other irregularities of the palatal surface of the mouth may be ... the tongue to change the bolus of food from one part of the mouth ...
  6. ... ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION. the breaths a space is left between the tongue and the palate for the breath to issue, which forms the ... and at a somewhat greater distance from the palate, which occasions a fuller ... the tongue between the fore teeth, pressing it against the upper ...
  7. ... mucous membrane covering the tonsils and the soft palate. The lingual branches penetrate the tongue about midway between its border and centre and are distributed to ...
  8. ... mucous membrane covering the tonsils and the soft palate. The lingual branches penetrate the tongue about midway between its border and centre and are distributed to ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Human physiology (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea and Blanchard, 1844
    ... Previous to this, the pendulous veil of the palate had been applied to the base of the tongue. The bolus now raises it to the horizontal position : the ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Human physiology (Volume 1) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1832
    ... Previous to this, the pendulous veil of the palate has been applied to the base of the tongue. The bolus now raises it to the horizontal position ; the ...
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