Your heart, or misalignment of your spine, can cause chest pain. Many people that experience chest pain go to their family doctor or to the emergency room in fear that they are experiencing a heart attack.
Other Function. The hard and soft palates help people sing. When sound comes from the chest, the sound waves that have been generated by the vocal cords bounce off of the hard palate and out of the mouth. The hard palate essentially directs and resonates sound.
The soft palate is the posterior muscular extension of the hard palate which together make up the palate of the oral cavity and the floor of the nasal cavity. This article will discuss the soft palate in detail including its borders, its function, its general anatomy, its musculature and its possible pathology. Recommended video: Soft palate.