has part has part characteristic of inheres in has modifier Submucous cleft hard palate Partial thickness cleft hard palate HP:0002746 HP:0000176 SNOMEDCT_US:43437003 UMLS:C4020894 UMLS:C0432103 Hard-palate submucous clefts are characterized by bony defects in the midline of the bony palate that are covered by the mucous membrane of the roof of the mouth. It may be possible to detect a submucous cleft hard palate upon palpation as a notch in the bony palate. HP:0000208 HP:0009091 Cleft hard palate Submucous cleft palate abnormal closure incomplete bony part of hard palate