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In some patients, the soft palate and uvula prolapse (balloon) into the velopharynx during expiration, producing substantial pharyngeal narrowing and redirection of expiratory flow out the mouth (breathing in through nose (a) and out through the mouth (b)). The airflow demonstrated in this figure only shows the nasal flow measured by a pnumotachograph attached to a nasal mask.
