Levator veli palatini muscle
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The levator veli palatini muscle is one of the 5 paired muscles of the soft palate. It is a cylindrical muscle which together form a V-shaped sling behind and above the soft palate.
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2two sites of origin:- inferior surface of petrous temporal bone
- medial rim of the auditory tube
- insertion: palatine aponeurosis between the two heads of palatopharyngeus muscle
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action: elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the tensor veli palatini muscle
inin opening the Eustachian tube on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the middle ear and pharynx. -
innervation: pharyngeal plexus (from
cranialvagus nerve (CN X: vagus))
-<p>The<strong> levator veli palatini</strong> is one of the 5 paired <a href="/articles/muscles-of-the-soft-palate">muscles</a> of the <a href="/articles/soft-palate">soft palate</a>. It is a cylindrical muscle which together form a V-shaped sling behind and above the soft palate.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>- +<p>The<strong> levator veli palatini muscle</strong> is one of the 5 paired <a href="/articles/muscles-of-the-soft-palate">muscles</a> of the <a href="/articles/soft-palate">soft palate</a>. It is a cylindrical muscle which together form a V-shaped sling behind and above the soft palate.</p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>
-<strong>origin: </strong>it has 2 sites of origin:<ul>- +<strong>origin: </strong>it has two sites of origin:<ul>
-<strong>insertion: </strong>palatine aponeurosis between the two heads of <a href="/articles/palatopharyngeus-muscle">palatopharyngeus</a>- +<strong>insertion: </strong>palatine aponeurosis between the two heads of <a href="/articles/palatopharyngeus-muscle">palatopharyngeus muscle</a>
-<strong>action: </strong>elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini">tensor veli palatini</a> in opening the <a href="/articles/eustachian-tube">Eustachian tube</a> on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the <a href="/articles/middle-ear">middle ear</a> and <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a>.</li>- +<strong>action: </strong>elevates and laterally deviates the soft palate. It also aids the <a href="/articles/tensor-veli-palatini-muscle">tensor veli palatini muscle</a> in opening the <a href="/articles/eustachian-tube">Eustachian tube</a> on swallowing to allow pressure equalisation of pressure between the <a href="/articles/middle-ear">middle ear</a> and <a href="/articles/pharynx">pharynx</a>.</li>
-<strong>innervation: </strong><a href="/articles/pharyngeal-plexus-1">pharyngeal plexus</a> (from cranial nerve X: vagus)</li>- +<strong>innervation: </strong><a href="/articles/pharyngeal-plexus-1">pharyngeal plexus</a> (from <a title="Vagus nerve (CN X)" href="/articles/vagus-nerve">vagus nerve (CN X)</a>)</li>
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