Muscles of the Palate

Question 1

Levator veli palatini

Answer 1

A: From the petrous temporal bone adjacent to the carotid canal & the cartilagenous portion of the auditory tube to the soft palate
Fx: Elevates the soft palate

Question 2

Musculus uvulae

Answer 2

A: from the hard palate (horizontal plate of palatine bone) to the uvular mucosa
Fx: aids in palatopharyngeal closure

Question 3

Palatoglossus

Answer 3

A: from the palatine aponeurosis to the lateral aspect of the tongue
Fx: Elevation of the root of the tongue & approximation of the palatoglossal folds

Question 4

Palatopharyngeus

Answer 4

A: from posterior hard palate (horizontal plate of palatine bone) and palatine aponeurosis to the wall of pharnyx

Question 5

Tensor veli palatini

Answer 5

A: from the scaphoid fossa, cartilage of the auditory tube & spine of the sphenoid to the palatine aponeurosis (after deflecting around the hamulus)
Fx: unilateral deviation & bilateral tension of the soft palate