palate muscles Flashcards
soft palate sensory information carried by what nerve?
CN V - Trigeminal and Maxillary Nerve branch (CN V)
tensor veli palatini
dilates auditory/Eustachian tube during swallowing to help equalize pressure in the middle ear, innervated by mandibular nerve (branch of CN V- trigeminal)
levator veli palatini
contraction results in elevation and retraction of the soft palate, innervated by Pharyngeal Plexus (CN IX and X- pharyngeal branch)
musculus uvulae
contraction results in velar elevation and retraction, innervated by Pharyngeal Plexus (CN IX and X- pharyngeal branch)
palatoglossus
contraction results in velar depression, innervated by Pharyngeal Plexus (CN IX and X- pharyngeal branch)
palatopharyngeus
contraction results in velar depression, innervated by Pharyngeal Plexus (CN IX and X- pharyngeal branch)
superior pharyngeal constrictors
form the nasopharynx or lateral or posterior walls around the soft palate, innervated by Pharyngeal Plexus (CN IX and X- pharyngeal branch)