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.
1 The soft palate relaxes allowing air to enter the nose and pass downward toward the lungs. 2  The false and true vocal folds remain relaxed and open for the entry of air.  The cricopharyngeus muscle sustains contraction to close off the top of the esophagus and prevent air from entering the digestive system.