Soft Palate Flashcards
Attachement
hard palate via palatine apenourosis
Aponeuroisis
widened tendon of the tensor veli palitini
Palatine Bone
formed by the secondary palate
Direction
laterall continuous with pharyngeal wall
Tensor Veli Palitini
tenses soft palate
opens tympanic tube during yawning and swallowing
Pathway: lateral face of the medial pterygoid plate, swings around hamulus attatching to the hard palate, glues isted to the inferior edge of the choana
Levator Veli Palitini
elevates soft palate; pulls anterior and superior
- pathway: cartialge of pharyngotympanic tube to aponeurosis
Pharyngoglossus
elevates posterior part of the tongeu drawing soft palate onto tongue
Palatopharyngues
tenses soft palate, pulls wall of pharynx superior, anterior and medial during swallwowing
Oropharynx
inferior to soft palate