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 hard palate is important for feeding and speech. Mammals with a defective hard palate may die shortly after birth due to inability to suckle (see Cleft palate below). It is also involved in mastication in many species. The interaction between the tongue and the hard palate is essential in the formation of certain speech sounds, notably /Ê/ , /Ê/ , /j/ , and /É/ .