Muscles of Soft Palate Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
Tensor Veli Palatini
action
A
tenses soft palate
2
Q
Tensor Veli Palatini
origin and insertion
A
medial pterygoid plate of sphenoid
palatine aponeurosis
3
Q
Levator Veli Palatini
origin and insertion
A
petrous temporal bone and eustachian tube
palatine aponeurosis
4
Q
Levator Veli Palatini
action
A
elevation of soft palate
5
Q
palatopharyngeus
origin and insertion
A
palatine aponeurosis and hard palate
upper border of thyroid cartilage
6
Q
palatopharyngeus
action
A
tenses soft palate
draws pharynx anteriorly on swallowing
7
Q
palatoglossus
origin and insertion
A
palatine aponeurosis
side of tongue
8
Q
palatoglossus
action
A
pulls soft palate towards tongue
9
Q
musculus uvulae
origin and insertion
A
posterior nasal spine
mucous membrane of uvula
9
Q
musculus uvulae
action
A
shortens uvula
