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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 branch of the vagus nerve |
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The musculus uvulae (azygos uvulae) is a muscle of the soft palate.
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Origin and insertion
It arises from the posterior nasal spine of the palatine bones and from the palatine aponeurosis.
It descends to be inserted into the uvula and functions to move and shape it.
Innervation
It is innervated by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve via the pharyngeal plexus.
Additional images
 Base of skull. Inferior surface. |
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