Glossary of terminology relating to cleft lip & palate.
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| Alveolar | That part of the jaw which has the teeth in it | |
| Anatomy | The form, structure, size and shape of the parts of the body | |
| Anterior | Front | |
| Antrum | Large nasal sinus or spaces in maxilla or upper jaw. Function not really understood | |
| Aural | To do with the ears | |
| Bilateral cleft | Cleft on both sides of the lip or palate | |
| Bone graft | Insertion of bone into the area of a cleft lip or palate | |
| Cleft | Failure of joining of parts | |
| Columella | Skin between the nostrils | |
| Congenital | Something which is present at birth | |
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| Fistula | Hole | |
| Eustachian tube | The canal connecting the throat with the middle ear | |
| Genetic | To do with inheritance | |
| Grommet | Tiny drainage tube for the ear drum | |
| Hard palate | The roof of the mouth under which is bone and separates the mouth from the nose | |
| Hypernasality | Excess amount of air escaping through the nose during speech | |
| Hypertelopism | Part of the body being wider apart than normal. Such as the eyes | |
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| Lateral | Side | |
| Mandible | Lower jaw | |
| Maxilla | Upper jaw | |
| Micrognathia | Small size of mandible | |
| Nasal | To do with the nose | |
| Nasendoscopy | A test using a small camera to record how the soft palate is working | |
| Occlusal | To do with the way teeth meet together | |
| Ophthalmic | To do with the eyes | |
| Oral | To do with the mouth | |
| Orthodontics | Straightening teeth | |
| Orthognathic surgery | (Jaw) surgery to move forward the whole of the upper jaw, or to move the mandible (lower jaw) | |
| Osteotomy | ||
| Otitis Media | An infection or inflammation of the middle ear. | |
| Otolaryngologist | Ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon | |
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| Palate | Roof of the mouth | |
| Pharygnoplasty | Operation to correct hyper nasal speech | |
| Philtrum | Feature of the upper lip vertical depression from nose to lip | |
| Physiology | How the parts of the body function or work naturally |
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| Posterior | Back | |
| Premaxilla | See Primary Palate | |
| Primary palate | Premaxilla – Developing lip anterior hard palate and alveolus. Triangular area of the anterior hard palate. Formed between the 4th and 7th weeks of gestation. | |
| Prolabium | The central part of the upper lip between the mouth and the nose | |
| Rhinoplasty | Nasal correction | |
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| Secondary palate | Posterior part of the hard palate and soft palate. Formed between the 6th and 9th weeks of gestation. | |
| Septum | A wall or structure dividing parts of the body | |
| Sinus | Can be anatomical or normal such as nasal sinus | |
| Soft palate | The back of the roof of the mouth which moves when speaking and swallowing | |
| Submucous cleft | Although surface layers complete, muscle beneath not joined | |
| Supernumerary teeth | Tiny, extra teeth – denticles | |
| Syndrome | Group of congenital anomalies that appear together in newborn infants | |
| Unilateral cleft | One sided cleft | |
| Velopharyngeal closure | The closing of the nasal cavity from the oral cavity resulting in air used in speech being directed through the mouth rather than the nose |
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| Velopharyngeal Incompetence | Inability to achieve adequate velopharyngeal closure |
