Tracheoesophageal Fistula- an inborn abnormality. There is an abnormal tube like passage between the windpipe and the esophagus. The small projection of cartilage in front of the opening of the external ear. Trigonocephalic- having a head shaped like a triangle. Made when the soft palate is raised to contact the back wall of the throat.
Closure is necessary for speech, blowing, and swallowing.
The condition in which the patient is unable to achieve closure between the mouth and nose because of a weakened or inadequately formed structure. Velum - The soft palate. The dark pink tissue that makes up the lip. Vertebral- of or having to do with vertebra or the vertebrae. All Rights reserved.