Soft Palate. 



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332. The Muscles of the Soft Palate; view from before. 



The M. azygos uvulae arises from the posterior nasal spine of the 

 palate bone, Spina palatina, and descends in the middle line of the uvula 

 to its apex. It consists of two slips, which lie close together. 



The MM. levatores veli palatini (M. petro-salpingo-staphylinus) arise 

 from the under surface of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and 

 the cartilage of the Eustachian tube on both sides ; passing to the middle 

 line of the uvula, they partly blend with the M. azygos, and partly with 

 each other. 



The MM. tensores palati (M. splieno-salpingo-staphylinus) are flat muscles, 

 which arise from the spine of the sphenoid and the cartilage of the 

 Eustachian tube, and terminate in broad tendons which wind around the 

 hamular process; they form together the broad aponeurosis of the soft 

 palate. 



