It's attached to the roof of your mouth (soft palate). You can see it if you look ... if your uvula swells or gets bigger than normal. A swollen uvula can cause a sore throat, redness, or ...

The uvula is what we see dangling down from the soft palate between the tonsils. They are very vascular mainly to help them fight infections and are supplied by the External Carotid artery.

If an elongated soft palate is suspected ... may provide short-term relief for airway inflammation or respiratory distress. However, this approach does not correct underlying anatomical abnormalities.