A bifid uvula is an uvula that is split, or forked. It’s also called a cleft uvula. The uvula is the dangling piece of fibrous flesh you can see in the back of your mouth, just in front of your ...

A bifid uvula is an abnormal split or division in the uvula, or tissue that hangs down at the end of the soft palate in the roof of the mouth. A bifid uvula is usually identified at birth when a ...

In the case of a cleft palate, the sides don't meet up and there is a gap in the roof of the mouth.

Your uvula is the fleshy tissue that hangs in the back of your throat. It's attached to the roof of your mouth (soft palate). You can see it if you look in the mirror and open your mouth wide. Your ...

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