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333. The Muscles of the Soft Palate; view from behind. 



The JLO/. palato-glossl occupy the anterior pillars of the fauces ; 

 they are narrow muscles, which, in the soft palate blend with each other, 

 and by their contraction narrow the isthmus of the fauces ; they are 

 also called Constrictor cs istluni faucium. 



The MM. palato-pliarynrjd occupy the posterior pillars of the fauces ; 

 they arise in the aponeurosis of the M. tensor palati, consisting of two 

 layers and are inserted into the posterior border of the thyroid cartilage 

 and into the fibrous layer of the lower part of the pharynx, reaching 

 as far as, or even crossing, the middle line behind. 



