2006-09-20 12:04:14 · 26 answers · asked by Paul M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
i didnt think it was tonsils, i thought the tonsils are the hidden bits behind your tongue
2006-09-20 12:09:02 · update #1
The uvula is a small mass of tissue hanging down from the soft palate, near the back of the throat. The uvula plays an important role in the articulation of the sound of the human voice to form the sounds of speech.
2006-09-20 12:08:49 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's called Uvula, and you are right that the tonsils are further down.
The reason the uvula looks like a dangling piece of tissue is that it's supposed (provided you're not a bat) to hold a balance between the air you take through your nose and mouth using the gravity.
If you poke it (the uvula) with your finger normally your body reaction will be to induce vomit! Almost like sneezing with your eyes open: reflexes from the stone-age!
2006-09-21 00:56:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The uvula is a small mass of tissue hanging down from the soft palate, near the back of the throat. The word is derived from the diminutive of uva, the Latin word for "grape", due to the uvula's grape-like shape.
The uvula plays an important role in the articulation of the sound of the human voice to form the sounds of speech. It functions in tandem with the back of the throat, the palate, and air coming up from the lungs to create a number of guttural and other sounds. Consonants pronounced with the uvula are not found in English; however, languages such as Arabic, French, German, Hebrew, Ubykh, and Hmong use uvular consonants to varying degrees. Certain African languages use the uvula to produce click consonants, as well. In English (as well as many other languages), it closes to prevent air escaping through the nose when making some sounds, such as /b/.
2006-09-20 21:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by zanzabarr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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whats the dangly bit in the back of your mouth called??
2015-08-06 08:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is known as the uvula, which is a general anatomical term for a pendent, (sic) fleshy mass.
Then there is the uvula palatina..palatine uvula, the small, fleshy mass above teh root of the tongue, composed of the levator and tensor palati muscles and the muscle of the uvula, connective tissue, and mucous membrane. THIS is the dangly bit at the back of your mouth!!!!
2006-09-20 13:42:26 · answer #5 · answered by Mutts Mate 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the uvula. It is not tonsils and certainly NOT your epiglottis, as some people have stated. The epiglottis is the piece of cartilage which prevents food going into your windpipe. Wikipedia gives a good diagram of the mouth with the uvula and tonsils.
2006-09-20 14:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by starla_o0 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uvula
2006-09-20 12:05:47 · answer #7 · answered by PrincipessaLHO 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
the dangly bit's your epiglotis, the bits at the side are actually your tonsils. Clack or clacker is a nick name for your epiglotis
2006-09-21 04:28:05 · answer #8 · answered by Becky Boo 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the dangly thing is your uvula........your tonsils are on the sides of your throat in the area of the back of your tongue.....i mean the very back of your tongue
2006-09-20 12:13:56 · answer #9 · answered by lucyinthesky111l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uvula.
2006-09-20 16:31:25 · answer #10 · answered by Tropic-of-Cancer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋