The tensor veli palatini muscle (tensor palati or tensor muscle of the velum palatinum) is a thin, triangular muscle of the head that tenses the soft palate...

The levator veli palatini (/lɪˈveɪtər ˈviːlaɪ ˌpæləˈtaɪnaɪ/) is a muscle of the soft palate and pharynx. It is innervated by the vagus nerve (cranial nerve...

The nerve to tensor veli palatini is a small nerve which is unique in that it is the only branch of the mandibular nerve providing motor innervation to...

These muscles include all the muscles of mastication, the anterior belly of the digastric, the mylohyoid, tensor tympani, and tensor veli palatini. All...

trigeminal nerve (V). This also supplies the tensor tympani muscle and the tensor veli palatini muscle. The medial pterygoid nerve is a main trunk from...

muscle Tensor vastus intermedius muscle Tensor veli palatini muscle This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tensor muscle. If an...

between the levator and tensor veli palatini muscles, and joins in the middle line the corresponding part of the opposite muscle. Passing laterally and...

muscle, the anterior belly of digastric muscle, the tensor veli palatini muscle, and tensor tympani muscle. The mandibular nerve also gives off many sensory...

to most muscles of the soft palate (all but the tensor veli palatini muscle) and most muscles of the pharynx (all but the stylopharyngeus muscle). The larynx...

depth of 1.4 mm, and an average width of 2.3 mm. The tendon of tensor veli palatini muscle glides around it. The pterygoid hamulus is the superior origin...

most of the muscles of the soft palate (all but the tensor veli palatini muscle), and of the pharynx (all but the stylopharyngeus muscle). The neuron...

plexus via the vagus nerve, with the exception of the tensor veli palatini. The tensor veli palatini is innervated by the mandibular division of the trigeminal...

muscle (via the nerve to tensor veli palatini). The tensor veli palati muscle is the only of the five paired skeletal muscles to the soft palate not innervated...

faces posteriorly, and contains the medial pterygoid muscle and the tensor veli palatini muscle. Pterygoid fovea Scaphoid fossa Pterygoid process This...

tube Levator veli palatini muscle Ascending palatine artery Palatine branch of Ascending pharyngeal artery Tensor veli palatini muscle In nasopharyngeal...

- Muscles of mastication) Masseteric nerve Masseter muscle Medial pterygoid nerve Medial pterygoid muscle Tensor tympani msucle Tensor veli palatini (via...

deep to the lateral pterygoid muscle and superior to the tensor veli palatini muscle; while passing between these two muscle, it is joined by the chorda...

sphenoidal spine are attached the sphenomandibular ligament and the tensor veli palatini muscle. Medial to the anterior extremity of the infratemporal crest...

This is a table of skeletal muscles of the human anatomy, with muscle counts and other information. Skeletal muscle maps Anterior view Posterior view...

Palatal muscles may refer to: Levator veli palatini Tensor veli palatini muscle Musculus uvulae Palatoglossus muscle Palatopharyngeus muscle This disambiguation...

swallowing by contraction of the tensor veli palatini and levator veli palatini, muscles of the soft palate. The tensor veli palatini makes the largest contribution...

and mouth. Its motor function activates the muscles of mastication, the tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid and the anterior belly of the digastric...

skeletal muscles, including: Cricothyroid muscle Levator veli palatini muscle Salpingopharyngeus muscle Palatoglossus muscle Palatopharyngeus muscle Superior...

muscle and the tensor veli palatini. Above this fossa is a small, oval, shallow depression, the scaphoid fossa, which gives origin to the tensor veli...

containing the levator veli palatini muscle. It also contains some muscle fibres called salpingopalatine muscle The tensor veli palatini is lateral to the...

neurons that innervate muscles of the first branchial arch, namely the muscles of mastication, the tensor tympani, tensor veli palatini, mylohyoid, and anterior...

Vertical muscle Palatoglossus Uvula Fauces Muscles of soft palate and fauces Levator veli palatini Tensor veli palatini Musculus uvulae Palatoglossus Palatopharyngeus...

muscles. It can involve the muscles surrounding the Eustachian tube, which include the tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, and salpingopharyngeus...

motor nucleus innervates the muscles of mastication, mylohyoid, anterior belly of digastric, tensor veli palatini, and tensor tympani. Clinically, because...

during swallowing and yawning, controlled by the tensor veli palatini and the levator veli palatini (muscles of the soft palate). Children with a cleft palate...