| 31. | The procedure called for the physician to crush the uvula with forceps before cutting it off in order to reduce bleeding.
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| 32. | My uvula-- the punching bag in the back of the throat-- is apparently twice as long as normal.
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| 33. | A new outpatient procedure _ laser surgery to reduce the size of the soft palate and the uvula _ is gaining in popularity.
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| 34. | The upper lip, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, and pharynx wall are passive articulators.
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| 35. | Then we make a tiny trough or nick with the laser, 3mm to 6mm long, upwards on either side of the uvula.
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| 36. | It is pronounced like a voiceless velar stop, except that the tongue makes contact not on the soft palate but on the uvula.
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| 37. | It is produced by emitting a high pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back and forth movement of the tongue and the uvula.
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| 38. | Barnette offers an enticing smorgasbord of mostly nonculinary words _ such as lampoon, seersucker, uvula _ that are etymologically linked to a food.
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| 39. | Upon examination, he had significant obstruction to his nasal airflow, a very bulky uvula, enlarged tonsils and a short, heavy neck.
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| 40. | The uvula is one of the soft-tissue structures that is often implicated in snoring and sleep apnea, or interrupted breathing during slumber.
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