Why do we have a uvula?

[237SJ]

I`ve read it helps us produce the sounds needed for speech but if we didn`t have one wouldn`t we just have learned to communicate using different sounds? I`ve also read that it moves when we swallow to stop food going up the back of the nasal passages. So which is correct?

[Sqad]

I dont know.
We dont need an Uvula.

It used to be removed in the treatment of snoring, but now this is not done.

Sorry!

[mike11111]

I thought it was an intimate part of a lady's nether regions, but then again, anatomy isn't my strong point.

[Sqad]

mike.....LOL......same anatomical position......close to the tongue ;-)

[237SJ]

mike similar letters but arranged differently!

[douglas9401]

So we can all join in at South African football matches. :)

[Sqad]

douglas...LOL

[mike11111]

I remember a (none-too bright) lady teaching colleague who once announced that she was going to trade in her car and buy a brand-new Vulva.

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds a good deal.

[craft1948]

My mate once told an american lady that her name was Vulva, and she believed her!

[andy-hughes]

The uvula does not deal off the channels that stop food or liquid going to other areas than that for which they are intended.

It is not necessary - i have had mine removed, together with my tonsils and half my soft palate, as a snoring treatment. It hurt like hell, and it didn't work!

[ttfn]

Oh - NOT left over letters at scrabble?

[jackthehat]

Dunno..............but their noise fair spoilt the World Cup for me..............:o(

[237SJ]

jack I was in Johannesburg the other day and the football was on the telly and they were still blowing the damn things. I think they`ll be a permanent fixture from now on.

[sandyRoe]

Wasn't is Vulvazulas they blew during the footie in SA?