The soft palate is the movable posterior third of the palate. It ends posteriorly as a free edge with a pendulous projection called the _______.

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Uvula. The uvula is the midline projection at the posterior edge of the soft palate. The incisive papilla is an elevation directly anterior to the underlying incisive foramen. Radiating laterally from the incisive papilla are parallel transverse ridges called palatal rugae.

The Soft Palate Is the Movable Posterior Third of the Palate