Noun
The pendent fleshy lobe in the middle of the posterior border of the soft palate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGrowling : Simultaneously playing tone while using the back of the tongue to vibrate the uvula creating a distinct sound. Source: Internet
Oral sensation, taste, and salivation (IX) Deviating uvula due to cranial nerve IX lesion The glossopharyngeal nerve (IX) innervates the stylopharyngeus muscle and provides sensory innervation to the oropharynx and back of the tongue. Source: Internet
Other cultures have long removed the uvula, sometimes as part of a ritual, to treat all manner of “throat conditions,” as well as cure everything from vomiting and diarrhea to rejecting breast feeding, growth retardation and even anorexia. Source: Internet
The partial role the uvula has in this has led some to speculate that it assists with keeping the tone of our voices in a pleasing range, as it could help control both resonance and subdue the nasal tone of the voice. Source: Internet
Rachael-Anne Knight(2012), Phonetics- A course book, Cambridge University Press, p.27 Upper lips, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate, uvula, and pharynx wall are passive articulators. Source: Internet