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

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...

controls a few skeletal muscles, including: Cricothyroid muscle Levator veli palatini muscle Salpingopharyngeus muscle Palatoglossus muscle Palatopharyngeus...

and containing the salpingopalatine muscle. The tensor veli palatini and levator veli palatini are lateral to the fold and do not contribute. The oropharynx...

Tensor veli palatini, which is involved in swallowing Palatoglossus, involved in swallowing Palatopharyngeus, involved in breathing Levator veli palatini, involved...

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

temporalis mylohyoid muscle digastric muscle, anterior belly tensor veli palatini muscle tensor tympani muscle Other Mucous membrane and glands of the...

soft palate. It serves as the insertion for the tensor veli palatini and levator veli palatini, and the origin for the musculus uvulae, palatopharyngeus...

surrounding the Eustachian tube, which include the tensor veli palatini, levator veli palatini, and salpingopharyngeus. Those affected describe it as a...

is the superior origin of the pterygomandibular raphe, and the levator veli palatini muscle. The pterygoid hamulus is part of the medial pterygoid plate...