When it's more like the ceiling?
2007-01-22 14:23:56 · 22 answers · asked by ? 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
its where the birds nest
2007-01-23 00:38:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Noun 1. roof of the mouth - the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
palate
mouth, oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris - the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge; "he stuffed his mouth with candy"
gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue
soft palate, velum - a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking
hard palate - the bony part of the roof of the mouth
surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface"
2007-01-22 14:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They call it the roof because it's like the roof of a barn. If it were a ceiling it would have a light fitting and smoke detector.
2007-01-22 14:30:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roof, ceiling.. Its all the same
2007-01-22 14:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by sleeping beauty 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because its the top of ur mouth like a roof of a house is at the top
2007-01-22 14:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by OMG ITS ME! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to know what I named the roof of my mouth? LOL
2007-01-22 14:59:03 · answer #6 · answered by eeyoree rocks2003 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
O.K., if it's the ceiling what IS the roof? Your nose?
2007-01-22 14:28:44 · answer #7 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah,Yeah, what up with that anyway?
It should be the ceiling of your mouth!
2007-01-22 14:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Badwrench 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol well it's the roof of your mouth but not the roof of your whole head
2007-01-22 14:27:14 · answer #9 · answered by Tek ~aka~Legs! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
true -- i think I will start calling it that "ouch, I just burned the ceiling of my mouth" i like it.
2007-01-22 14:27:36 · answer #10 · answered by ecogeek4ever 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know....it kind of seems like a roof or feels like one...maybe I think?
2007-01-22 14:27:59 · answer #11 · answered by Daughter of a Coma Guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋