Hard and Soft Palate

Question 1

what is the hard palate formed by

Answer 1

palatine process of maxilla and horizontal process of palatine bones

Question 2

what opens at the incisive papilla

Answer 2

the incisive canals where nasopalatine nerve and greater palatine artery pass

Question 3

what is the soft palate strengthened by

Answer 3

palatine aponeurosis

Question 4

what arch in the oral cavity is more anterior

Answer 4

palatoglossal arch

Question 5

what are the five muscles of the soft palate

Answer 5

levator veli palatini
tensor veli palatini
palatopharyngeus
palatoglossus
musculus uvulae

Question 6

where do the tensor veli palatini and levator veli palatini insert into

Answer 6

palatine aponeurosis

Question 7

origin of tensor veli palatini

Answer 7

pharyngotympanic tube and scaphoid fossa

Question 8

origin of levator veli palatini

Answer 8

pharyngotympanic tube and temporal bone

Question 9

origin and insertion of palatopharyngeus

Answer 9

origin - hard palate and palatine aponeurosis
insetion - lateral wall of pharynx

Question 10

origin and insertion of musculus uvulae

Answer 10

origin - posterior nasal spine
insertion - uvula

Question 11

what arteries supply the hard palate

Answer 11

greater palatine artery via maxillary artery (ECA)

Question 12

what arteries supply the soft palate

Answer 12

lesser palatine artery via maxillary artery (ECA)

Question 13

where does the nerve supply to the palate originate from

Answer 13

maxillary branch of CN V via the pterygopalatine ganglion

Question 14

what nerve supplies the hard palate

Answer 14

greater palatine

Question 15

what nerve supplies the soft palate

Answer 15

lesser palatine nerve

Question 16

what does the nasopalatine nerve supply

Answer 16

anterior gingivae and mucosa

Question 17

what tonsils sit between the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal folds

Answer 17

palatine tonsils