The dental palate is practically the roof of our mouth. It is divided into hard and soft; the hard palate is formed by two types of bones, while the soft palate is located behind the hard palate and consists of muscle tissue.

The soft and hard palates separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. The combination of the two palates helps humans breathe and chew simultaneously.

This is because the passage remains open when the person is not swallowing food, allowing it to breathe through the mouth and nose. However, the soft palate moves upward and blocks the back entrance to the nasal passage when the person is swallowing.

The palate helps people to sing, because when a sound comes out of the chest, the sound waves that have been generated by the vocal cords bounce off the palatal vault and the mouth.

The hard palate essentially directs and resonates the sound. In addition, the uvula hanging from the soft palate helps the singer create a vibration, which is a pulsating effect on the vocal tone.

Hard and soft palates are formed when the fetus develops in the uterus. The training of the palates takes several weeks and begins in the fifth week of prenatal development.