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Muscles of Soft Palate & Pharynx- Ch 31

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Definition
3 parts of the pharynx   nasal, oral, laryngeal  
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Fauces   space between palatine tonsils  
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Soft Palate muscles   Palatoglossus Palatopharyngeal Muscles of uvula Levator veli palatini Tensor veli palatini  
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Pharyngreal Constrictors   Superior pharyngeal constrictor Middle pharyngeal constrictor Inferior pharyngeal constrictor  
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Pharyngeal elevators & dilators   Palatopharyngeus Stylopharyngeus Salpingopharyngeus  
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Palatoglossus m.   Anterior faucial pillar O: Posterior end hard palate & anterior end soft palate I: posterolateral part of tongue F: narrow space bw fauces N: XI cranial n.  
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Palatopharyngeus m.   Posterior faucial pillar *"McD" arches O: posterolateral soft palate I: pharyngeal constrictor m. & thyroid cartilage F: elevates pharynx & larynx narrows posterior faucial pillar N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Muscles of uvula   O:posterior end hard palate I: soft palate F: shortens, broadens, changes contour of soft palate N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Levator veli palatini   O: temporal bone & medial wall of auditory canal I: posterior soft palate F: elevates posterior soft palate * can open auditory tube N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Tensor veli palatini   O: medial pterygoid plate & lateral wal of auditory canal I: posterior hard palate & anterior soft palate F: tenses anterior soft palate * can open auditory canal N: V3 cranial n. ***  
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Superior pharyngeal constrictor   O: hamular process of medial pterygoid plate & pterygomandibular raphe & alveolar processes I: median raphe & base of skull anterior to magnum foramen F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Middle pharyngeal constrictor   O: upper hyoid bone & styloid ligament I: median raphe F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Inferior pharyngeal constrictor   O: thyroid cartilage of larynx I: median raphe F: constrict upper pharynx to force bolus into esophagus N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Stylopharyngeus   *primary dilator of pharynx** O: medial side of styloid process I: lateral pharyngeal wall & thyroid cartilage of larynx F: dilates pharynx, lifts pharynx in swallowing N: IX cranial n. ***  
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Salpingopharyngeus   O: auditory tube in nasal pharynx I: palatopharygeus m. & lateral pharyngeal wall F: dilates pharynx, lifts pharynx in swallowing N: X & XI cranial n.  
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Soft palate & pharynx part of _________ system(s)   digestive & respiratory  
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Speech muscles   levator veli palatini & muscles of uvula  
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