Uvula removal surgery is a procedure to remove part or all of the uvula. It may be a treatment option for sleep apnea. The uvula is a small pendant-shaped section of flesh that hangs down at the back ...

When you were a child, you might have looked in the mirror at the inside of your mouth and wondered about that dangling thing at the back of it. That soft flap of tissue that looks like a droplet at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. That little thing that dangles in the back ...