muscles of the soft palate

Question 1

tensor veli palatini insertion

Answer 1

• palatine aponeurosis

- palatine bone

Question 2

action of levator veli palatini

Answer 2

• raise palate

- seal nasopharynx from oropharynx

Question 3

levator veli palatini insertion

Answer 3

palatine aponeurosis

Question 4

palatopharyngeus origin

Answer 4

• palatine aponeurosis

- hard palate

Question 5

palatoglossus origin

Answer 5

palatine aponeurosis

Question 6

tensor veli palatini origin

Answer 6

• scaphoid fossa
• spine of sphenoid bone
• cartilage of PT tube

Question 7

action of tensor veli palatini

Answer 7

• tense soft palate

- open PT tube

Question 8

action of palatoglossus

Answer 8

• close OP isthmus
• depress palate + move PG arches towards midline
• raise back of tongue

Question 9

uvular mm origin

Answer 9

posterior nasal spine and palatine aponeurosis

Question 10

what arteries is the soft palate supplied by

Answer 10

• max a
• facial
• ECA

Question 11

insertion of palatopharyngeus

Answer 11

lateral wall of pharynx

Question 12

action of palatopharyngeus

Answer 12

• close OP isthmus
• depress palate + move PP arch towards midline
• raise pharynx

Question 13

insertion palatoglossus

Answer 13

lateral margin of tongue

Question 14

insertion of uvular mm

Answer 14

mucosa of uvula

Question 15

muscles of the soft palate are innervated by ___ except for __ which is innervated by ___

Answer 15

all by pharyngeal branch of pharyngeal plexus (CN 10)

except for tensor veli palatini (by branch of medial pterygoid n - CNV3)

Question 16

levator veli palatini origin

Answer 16

• petrous part of temporal bone

- cartilage of PT tube

Question 17

action of uvular mm

Answer 17

• raise+retract uvula
• thicken soft palate
• seal oropharynx from nasopharynx