Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
"Velopharyngeal Insufficiency" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
| Descriptor ID |
D014681
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.525.955 C07.550.966 C07.650.525.955 C09.775.955 C16.131.850.525.955
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| Concept/Terms |
Velopharyngeal Insufficiency- Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
- Insufficiency, Velopharyngeal
- Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Palatopharyngeal
- Velopharyngeal Incompetence
- Incompetence, Velopharyngeal
- Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
- Velopharyngeal Closures, Inadequate
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