MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
Tree Number(s): C07.465.525.955; C07.550.966; C07.650.525.955; C09.775.955; C16.131.850.525.955
Unique ID: D014681
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014681
Scope Note: Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
Entry Term(s): Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure; Palatopharyngeal Incompetence; Velopharyngeal Incompetence
NLM Classification #: WV 410
Previous Indexing: Cleft Palate (1966-1977); Palate (1966-1977); Pharynx (1966-1977)
See Also: Speech Disorders
Public MeSH Note: 78
History Note: 78
Date Established: 1978/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/05/13
Revision Date: 2012/07/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0022583
Scope Note: Failure of the SOFT PALATE to reach the posterior pharyngeal wall to close the opening between the oral and nasal cavities. Incomplete velopharyngeal closure is primarily related to surgeries (ADENOIDECTOMY; CLEFT PALATE) or an incompetent PALATOPHARYNGEAL SPHINCTER. It is characterized by hypernasal speech.
Terms: Velopharyngeal Insufficiency Preferred Term
Term UI T042951
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Inadequate Velopharyngeal Closure
Term UI T708419
Date10/25/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Palatopharyngeal Incompetence
Term UI T042952
Date05/13/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Velopharyngeal Incompetence
Term UI T708418
Date10/25/2007
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Velopharyngeal Insufficiency MeSH Descriptor Data 2025