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Muscles of The Soft Palate

The muscles of the soft palate include the levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and musculus uvulae. The levator veli palatini originates from the petrous part of the temporal bone and inserts into the palatine aponeurosis, elevating the soft palate during swallowing. The tensor veli palatini tenses the palatine aponeurosis to open the pharyngeal opening of the auditory tube during swallowing. The musculus uvulae alters the shape of the uvula by shortening it. The palatoglossus depresses the palate and elevates the back of the tongue.

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Muscles of The Soft Palate

The muscles of the soft palate include the levator veli palatini, tensor veli palatini, and musculus uvulae. The levator veli palatini originates from the petrous part of the temporal bone and inserts into the palatine aponeurosis, elevating the soft palate during swallowing. The tensor veli palatini tenses the palatine aponeurosis to open the pharyngeal opening of the auditory tube during swallowing. The musculus uvulae alters the shape of the uvula by shortening it. The palatoglossus depresses the palate and elevates the back of the tongue.

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MUSCLES OF THE SOFT PALATE *The muscle is not directly attached to the bone, it’s

attached to a tendon or a thin lining or a tendon-like


1. Levator Veli Palatini membrane called APONEUROSIS that serves as
2. Tensor Veli Palatini the attachment of a muscle into a soft tissue.
3. Musculus Uvulae
4. Palatopharyngeus – muscle of deglutition 2.Tensor Veli Palatini
5. Palatoglossus – muscle of the tongue ORIGIN
- Scaphoid fossa of pterygoid process, spine
*The first three muscles have the same insertion. of sphenoid bone, membranous wall of
auditory tube
INSERTION
- Palatine aponeurosis
INNERVATION
- Nerve to medial pterygoid
BLOOD SUPPLY
- Greater palatine artery (maxillary artery),
Masticatory Mucosa – covers the hard palate ascending palatine artery (facial artery)
Soft palate – soft hanging palate ACTION
§ Action: Once the swallowing is already - Tenses palatine aponeurosis: Opens
starting/deglutition, the soft palate is pulled pharyngeal opening of auditory tube (during
upwards in order to block the entry of food swallowing)
towards the nasal or upper respiratory tract.

Muscles Responsible for the movement of soft


palate

1.Levator Veli Palatini


ORIGIN
- Petrous part (hardest) of temporal bone,
inferior/cartilaginous part of auditory tube
INSERTION *Once the levator veli palatini would contract to
- Palatine aponeurosis pull upward the soft palate so tensor veli palatini of
INNERVATION the soft palate would stay in its position habang
- Pharyngeal Plexus (CN X) or Vagus Nerve lumulunok ka to stay rigid, it needs to be rigid/
BLOOD SUPPLY tense.
- Ascending palatine artery
ACTION Salpingopharyngeus – muscle that opens the
- Elevates soft palate (during swallowing) adutiory tube, when swallowing it releases pressure
- Pull soft palate upwards in the auditory tube

Image: Sphenoid Bone


3.Musculus Uvulae 5.Palatoglossus
ORIGIN ORIGIN
- Posterior border of the hard palate and the - Inferior surface of palatine aponeurosis
posterior nasal spine of the horizontal plate INSERTION
of the palatine bone - Lateral margin of the togue
INSERTION INNERVATION
- Palatine aponeurosis and mucosa at the - Branches of pharyngeal plexus (CN X) or
uvula Vagus Nerve
INNERVATION BLOOD SUPPLY
- Pharyngeal plexus (CN X) or Vagus Nerve - Lingual artery
BLOOD SUPPLY ACTION
- Ascending palatine artery - Depresses the palate
ACTION - Elevates the back of the tongue
- Alters the shape of the uvula by shortening it - Moves palatoglossal arch towards the
midline
- Constricts the arches toward the center

4.Palatopharyngeus
ORIGIN
- Posterior border of the hard palate, palatine
aponeurosis
INSERTION *When the patient is reclined in a 45 degree or
- Posterior border of the thyroid cartilage, supined, the saliva or water is pulling, hindi agad
blends with contralateral palatopharyngeus nalulunok ng pasyente kundi naiipon dun sa floor of
muscle the mouth because of palatoglossus muscle.
INNERVATION
- Branches of pharyngeal plexus (CN X) or *We have palatopharyngeal arch and palatoglossal
Vagus Nerve arch (more anteriorly located).
BLOOD SUPPLY
- Ascending palatine branch of facial artery, *Pharyngeal arch is voluntary, esophageal phase is
greater palatine branch of maxillary artery involuntary
and the pharyngeal branch of ascending
pharyngeal artery
ACTION
- Elevates pharynx superiorly, anteriorly and
medially

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