TSi LKS OF THE SOFT PALATK. 



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arises from the petrosal styloid process ; its tendon of insertion, 

 playing over the staphyline groove, expands and becomes lost 

 in the fibrous layer of the velum, of which it is a tenser and 

 depressor. 



LEVATOR PALATI. 



(PeristapJiyJin us Inter 

 (FiG. 90. k.) 



A slender muscle which arises with the last-named one, and 

 lies between it and the Eustaehian tube. It passes directly to 

 the soft palate expanding between the Pharyngo-staphylinus and 

 the Palato-staphylinus, and finally joins its fellow of the opposite 

 side. It raises the vekim. 



FIG. 90. 



Eight infero-lateral view of the muscles of the maxillary space ; the ramns and hyoid coruu are cat 

 away, a, Lingualis ; 6 6, Hyo-glossus longus ; c, Hyo-glo*sns brevis : d, Genio-hyo-glos-sns ; , Genio- 

 hyoideua ; /, Stylo-hyoidens ; g, Hyoideas magnu.s ; h, Levator palati ; i, Teasor palati ; t, Pharyngo- 

 ataphylinus ; I, Pterygo-pharyngeua ; m, Kerato-pharyngeus ; n, Hyo-pharyngeus ; o, Thyro-pharyngeus ; 

 p, Crico-pharyngeus ; q, (Esophagus. 



PHARYNGO-STAPHYLIXUS. 



(StaphyUnus Communis.) 

 (Fro. 90. L) 



This is a broad, thin muscle, occupying the inferior half of the 

 velum, and meeting its fellow in the median line ; they are 

 sometimes described as a single muscle. The fibres run back- 

 wards and outwards, and a portion, after following the free border 

 of the velum, is continued under the pharyngeal mucous mem- 



