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 head and neck includes the following organs and body parts. The mouth includes the lips, gums and tongue. The muscles of the base of the tongue (tongue base) continue into the upper throat (oropharynx). The roof of the mouth is called the hard palate. Behind this is the soft palate. The soft palate lifts to close off the passageways to the nose so food does not go through the nose when swallowing. Under the tongue and near the upper back teeth are salivary ducts that release saliva into the mouth.