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CD 442
Muscles of Soft Palate
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What muscles elevate the S. palate? | levator veli palatini & musclulus uvulae |
| Muscle that tense the s. palate? | tensor veli palatini |
| Muscles that depress the s. palate? | palatoglossus & palatopharyngeus |
| What muscles makes up the bulk of the s. palate? | levator veli palatini |
| The levator veli palatini arises from ______ bone & medial wall of eustation tube inserting into _____. | temporal, velum |
| Contraction of levator vele palatini ______& _____ s. palate? | elevates, retracts |
| Tensor Veli palatini arises from ______ bone & lateral eustation tube, inserting into a _____ that becomes palatal aponeurosis | sphenoid, tendon |
| Contraction of the tensor veli palatini does what to soft palate? | tenses |
| What muscles has its origin in the anterior surface of s. palate & inserts into sides of posterior tongue? | palatoglossus |
| Contraction of the palatoglossus causes what? | elevation & retraction of tongue & depresses s. palate |
| contraction of palatopharyngeus does what? | narrows pharyngeal cavity & lowers s. palate |