Soft Palate

Question 1

Tensor veli palatini

Answer 1

Attachment:
Pterygoid plates (sits between medial and lateral pterygoid plate)
Auditory tubes
Pterygoid hamulus
Unite at midline palatine aponeurosis

Action:
Tenses the soft palate
Opens the auditory tube

Innervation: V3

Question 2

Levator veli palatini

Answer 2

Attachment:
Lateral surface of auditory tube
Petrous part of temporal bone
Soft palate above the palatine aponeurosis

Action:
Elevate soft palate
Opens auditory tube

Innervation: Vagus nerve (CNX)

Question 3

Palatopharyngeus

Answer 3

Attachments:
Soft palate above the aponeurosis
Internal aspect of pharynx

Actions:
Depresses the soft palate
Elevates the pharynx

Innervation: Vagus (CNX)

Question 4

Palatoglossus

Answer 4

Attachments:
Base of tongue
Soft palate below the palatine aponeurosis
Forms palatoglossal arch

Actions:
Depresses the soft palate
Elevates back of tongue

Innervation:
CNX Vagus

Question 5

Musculus uvulae

Answer 5

Attachments:
Forms bulk of uvula

Actions:
Elevates the uvula

Innervations: Vagus CNX