Musculus uvulae

Musculus uvulae
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
Artery
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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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eList of muscles of head and neck: the head (TA A04.1, GA 4.378)
Extraocular (CN III, IV, VI)
Mastication (CN V3)

masseter · temporalis (sphenomandibularis) · pterygoid (lateral, medial)

fascia: Masseteric fascia · Temporal fascia · Deep portion: cementomaxillary tendon · Superficial portion: cementomandibular tendon
Facial (CN VII)
Palate/fauces (CN IX, X, XI)
(except TVP=V3)
veli palatini (tensor, levator) · musculus uvulae · palatopharyngeus (to pharynx) · palatoglossus (to tongue)
Tongue (CN XII)
extrinsic (genioglossus, hyoglossus/chondroglossus, styloglossus, and palatoglossus) · intrinsic (superior longitudinal, inferior longitudinal, transverse, vertical)

M: MUS, DF+DRCT

anat (h/n, u, t/d, a/p, l)/phys/devp/hist

noco(m, s, c)/cong(d)/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (M1A/3)

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