Your uvula is the fleshy tissue that hangs in the back of your throat. It's attached to the roof of your mouth (soft palate). You can see it if you look in the mirror and open your mouth wide.

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The uvula is what we see dangling down from the soft palate between the tonsils. They are very vascular mainly to help them fight infections and are supplied by the External Carotid artery.

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