Palate is a complex structure both anatomically and functionally, comprising of bone, muscle and mucosa. Functionally both hard and soft palate, together serve as one unit to separate nasopharynx and oropharynx, such separation plays an important role in articulation of speech and deglutition. So, the main goal of palatal reconstruction is separation of oropharynx from the nasopharynx [1]. Alth...

during rutting period, the male one humped camels, extrudes a balloon like organ from one side of the mouth. twelve heads of the slaughtered one humped camels from different sexes were examined. air was blown through natural openings: mouth, nares, esophagus and trachea. cross and longitudinal sections were made in frozen and formalin fixed specimens. it was concluded that soft palate in one hu...