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VPI/VPD Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Levator veli palatini

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VP closure

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Tensor veli palatini

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Eustachian tube functioning (hearing)

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Muculus uvulae

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forms velar eminence on the nasal surface of the velum

Adding bulk in the midline to assist in closure

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Superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle

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Pharyngeal constrictor

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Types of VPI

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Insufficiency: structural etiology
Incompetency: neurogenic/neurological
Mislearning: closure is stimulable

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