General aspect of the soft palate in rats.
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posted on 2013-03-16, 09:56 authored by Paola L. Carvajal Monroy, Sander Grefte, Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, Maria P. A. C. Helmich, Dietmar J. O. Ulrich, Johannes W. Von den Hoff, Frank A. D. T. G. WagenerLeft: Schematic representation of the soft palate (intraoral view). Right: The soft palate in the rat extends from the posterior edge of the hard palate (9th ruga) towards the nasopharyngeal sphincter. In adult rats, the length of the soft palate is about 11 mm. Ns: nasopharygeal sphincter, R: 9th ruga, M: molar. The red circle indicates the location of the excisional wound (1 mm ø). The dotted lines indicate the location of the histological sections shown in Figure 4. S: midsagittal section. B1, B2, and B 3 coronal sections.
