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• n  a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking

• velum

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• Puppy Born With Cleft Lip Comforts Patients With Facial Defects
  A puppy born with severe facial deformities has gone from breeder reject to “ambassadog” for patients born with facial defects. Lentil, a 5-month-old French bulldog, was born with a double-sided cleft in his hard and soft palate, lip and nose. He was given up by his breeder because of his deformities and later rescued by Lindsay Condefer, a volunteer with the French Bulldog Rescue Network of ...
  July 9, 2013 - Opposing Views
• French bulldog Lentil helps kids with facial deformities
  Lentil was born with severe, double sided cleft in his hard and soft palate, lip and nose
  July 5, 2013 - CBS News