Musculus uvulae
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| Musculus uvulae | ||
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| Left palatine bone. Posterior aspect. Enlarged. | ||
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| Gray's | subject #243 1139 | |
| Origin: | hard palate | |
| Insertion: | palatine aponeurosis | |
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| Nerve: | pharyngeal plexus | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12551322 | |
The Musculus uvulae (Azygos uvulae) arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis.
It descends to be inserted into the uvula and is innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus.
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 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
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extraocular: levator palpebrae superioris - superior tarsal - rectus (superior, inferior, medial, lateral) - oblique (superior, inferior) - intraocular: ciliary - iris dilator - iris sphincter
ear: auriculares - temporoparietalis - stapedius - tensor tympani
nose: procerus - nasalis (dilatator naris) - depressor septi nasi - levator labii superioris alaeque nasi
mouth: levator anguli oris/depressor anguli oris - levator labii superioris/depressor labii inferioris - zygomaticus (major, minor) - mentalis - buccinator - orbicularis oris - risorius
mastication: masseter - temporalis - pterygoid (lateral, medial)
tongue: extrinsic (genioglossus - hyoglossus - chondroglossus - styloglossus) intrinsic (superior longitudinal - inferior longitudinal - transversus - verticalis)
soft palate: levator veli palatini - tensor veli palatini - musculus uvulae - palatoglossus - palatopharyngeus
pharynx: pharyngeal constrictor (inferior, middle, superior) - stylopharyngeus - salpingopharyngeus
larynx: cricothyroid - posterior cricoarytenoid - lateral cricoarytenoid - arytenoid - thyroarytenoid
