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Dissection of the muscles of the palate from behind. The five muscles of the soft palate play important roles in swallowing and breathing. The muscles are: Tensor veli palatini, which is involved in swallowing; Palatoglossus, involved in swallowing; Palatopharyngeus, involved in breathing; Levator veli palatini, involved in swallowing
The tensor veli palatini muscle receives motor innervation from the mandibular nerve (CN V 3) (a branch of the trigeminal nerve (CN V)) [2] via the nerve to medial pterygoid. [1] It is the only muscle of the palate not innervated by the pharyngeal plexus, which is formed by the vagal and glossopharyngeal nerves. [citation needed]
The levator veli palatini muscle elevates the soft palate during swallowing. This helps to prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. Its action may be slightly slower than its partner, the tensor veli palatini muscle. [1] It has little to no effect on the pharyngotympanic tube. [2]
Veau-IV cleft palate: A cleft of the velum (soft palate), extending in the midline through the secondary hard palate up to the incisive foramen and then bilaterally through the primary hard palate and alveolus on each side. The vomer (the bony part of the nasal septum) remains in the midline and is attached to the premaxilla.
It is a narrow passage between the velum and the base of the tongue. [2] The fauces is a part of the oropharynx directly behind the oral cavity as a subdivision, bounded superiorly by the soft palate, laterally by the palatoglossal and palatopharyngeal arches, and inferiorly by the tongue. The arches form the pillars of the fauces.
The term 'velopharyngeal' indicates "articulation between the upper surface of the velum and the back wall of the naso-pharynx." [4] The base symbol for a velopharyngeal fricative in the extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet for disordered speech is ʩ , and secondary articulation is indicated with a double tilde, ͌ . The following ...
The function of the muscle is to obstruct the pharyngeal port at the moment that the pharyngeal lateral walls move towards each other. [ 2 ] [ 19 ] It is important that the width and the level of insertion of the flap are properly constructed, because if the flap is too wide, the patient can have problems with breathing through the nose, which ...
Velum (botany), a morphological feature of quillworts or Isoëtes; Cumulonimbus velum, a cloud type; Solemya velum, or Atlantic awning clam; Agrotis velum or lycophotia molothina, a moth; Velum or veil (mycology), one of several structures in fungi; Velum, the locomotory and feeding organ found in the larval veliger stage of bivalves