What separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity?

Answer 1

The soft and hard palate.
That is the palate, also known as the roof of your mouth.

Answer 2

The hard and soft palates separate the nasal cavity from the oral cavity. The hard palate is the bony structure at the roof of the mouth, and the soft palate is the soft tissue behind the hard palate. These structures help direct airflow and food to the appropriate passages.

Answer 3

There is a flap of cartilage at the root of the tongue called the epiglottis which covers over the back of the nasal cavity when you swallow to prevent food from going down into the trachea. When you start to swallow, you can feel the closing off at the back and temporary inability to breathe air in. Great safety design but not totally fail safe. Is this what you wanted to know?

Answer 4

nasal cavity is separated from the oral cavity by the palatine processes of maxilla and the palatine bone(hard palate).

Answer 5

The hard and soft palate separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. There are muscles and substructures with each of the associated structures, but in very simple terms, it's the palate.

Answer 6

Hard palate on anterior side and soft palate on posterior side, separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity.

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