The uvula, a piece of soft tissue that hangs in the back of your throat, helps prevent food from going into your nose when you eat. The uvula may be removed as a treatment for various conditions like ...

Albert Torres posted a picture of his bisected uvula on Reddit. — -- Growing up, Albert Torres said he always had one way to get attention during show and tell in class by revealing his “bisected ...

The uvula is meant to be heard and not seen. That dangling,stalactitelike bit of pink flesh in the back of the mouth, theuvula is hidden from view, unless your mouth is wide open. However, the uvula ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." That dangly thing in the back of your throat (a.k.a. your uvula) is pretty important—it helps you swallow ...

A small piece of flesh made up of muscle fibers, connective tissues and glands that resembles a punching bag as it is of a teardrop shape that hangs at the back of the throat. As this fleshy organ ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. That little thing that dangles in the back ...

That dangly thing in the back of your throat (a.k.a. your uvula) is pretty important—it helps you swallow your food, allowing you to eat and speak properly. But, you probably don’t think about it much ...

When you were a child, you might have looked in the mirror at the inside of your mouth and wondered about that dangling thing at the back of it. That soft flap of tissue that looks like a droplet at ...

Apparently, humans have long looked into the back of their throats, or down others', at the bit of flesh that dangles and hangs there and wondered: What is that thingy for? A paper published in 1992 ...