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The thing that hangs in the back of your throat is called the uvula. Scientists are still unsure what purpose it serves. ChaCha on
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It is called your adams apple I think you mean the uvula, which hangs down at the top of the back of your throat, whereas the adam's apple is at the front.
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The uvula plays an important role in the creation of the sound of the human voice. 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. Consonant...
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That " dangly thing at the back of your throat ," sort of between your tonsils, is called the uvula . It's part of the soft palate, a structure that helps make up the vocal tract . Although the uvula is used to make certain sounds...
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That is called the "uvula". It plays a role in the voice.
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Its called the uvula. Its function is to swing up and block your upper respiratory system (sinuses) when you swallow so food and drink goes down and not up. If you really cut it off, you should go see a doctor.
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I call it the uvula. If i were able to rename it, i would call it either: the dingly dangly thing or: the thing formerly known as uvula
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that is your uvula if touched, it creates a gag response but it's major role is to function as a sort of valve, separating your nasal passages from your mouth during speech and swallowing
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uvula Maybe it's infected or swollen from dehydration or alcohol consumption. See a doctor.
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It's called the Uvula, a small pendant fleshy lobe at the back of the soft palate. Like you see in the cartoons where somehow 1+ people are miniaturized and have to enter somebody Else's mouth, and they ALWAYS want to punch/hit the Uvula! L...
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