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uvula

fleshy appendage that hangs from the back of the palate
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Summary

uvula ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,471 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: organ subdivision cluster[2], particular anatomical entity[3]
  • Part of: soft palate[4], speech organ[5]
  • Commons category: Palatine uvula[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Palatine uvula[7]
  • Anatomical location: oral cavity[8]
  • Commons gallery: Palatine uvula[9]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12232[13]
  • Different from: Q16292324[14]

Why It Matters

uvula has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] uvula is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). uvula. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/uvula
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_uvula_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{uvula}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/uvula}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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