The soft palate and the frenulum are on the roof of the mouth and keep food from going into the nasal cavity when a person swallows.

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The soft palate helps prevent food from going into the nasal cavity during swallowing, but the frenulum is a small fold of tissue that secures or restricts the motion of a mobile organ in the body, such as the frenulum under the tongue or the lip, and is not located on the roof of the mouth.

The Soft Palate and the Frenulum Are on the Roof