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The child's palatine processes have not fused. how can you tell if his palatine bones have fused normally?
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Palpation,inspection: The palate is formed by ridges that grows inward to meet in the midline. If it does not you may have a visable cleft palate, a defect you can feel under the skin called a sub-mucous cleft & that may be reflected in a split of the uvula, that thing that sticks down in the middle.A cleft uvula can sometimes sticks together like wet book pages & be missed on exam.
Answered 10/4/2016
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