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fisura palatina Orofacial cleft characterized by a fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion of the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate.
Cleft velum is a fissure type embryopathy that affects in varying degrees the soft palate.
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Examples for "cleft palate"
Examples for "cleft palate"
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All cases were children with cleft lip with or without cleft palate.
2
A scar on his upper lip suggested a surgically repaired cleft palate.
3
Scientists do not understand why cleft palate and other craniofacial birth defects occur.
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The second patient, a 4-year-old girl with a cleft palate, developed palatine mucinosis.
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Clinical examination revealed a cleft palate with a protruding polypoid mass.